Doubtful IDs from Nepal

[Psyche]

Post 77.

They are both T. ohara jix.


T. ohara jix.
FW with male brand very narrow, straight & usually close to the outer border of the black space.
UnH band with the inner margin straight or mostly so.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/monsoo...n/photostream/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/monsoo...n/photostream/
https://thaibutterflies.com/wp-conte...ta-ohara-1.jpg


T. bambusae bambusae.
FW male brand broader & placed in the middle of the black space.
UnH band inner margin strongly notched in space 4 .
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...Saji_ad012.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...7173dd76db.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...d794d73a-1.jpg



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[Nawab]

Many thanks, sir. Pseudocoladenia fatih and fatua always confuse me, some individuals are so intermediate. Would this be fatua?

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[Nawab]

Sir, also, I'm very much confused by this royal. Could you check please?
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[Psyche]

Post 79.

Very difficult.
Based on your location in Nepal it should be P. fatih.


The species are very similar & were onced considered as ssp.


P. dan fabia.
FW spot 2 & 3 with little or no overlap.
FW cellend spot outer margin more strongly notched.
Range Sikkim to Myanmar ,Ataran.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...1a_7/av091.jpg
Female.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...f3866614-1.jpg

P. festa.
FW hyaline spots large & contiguous ; Spot 3 almost filling the base of space 3.
Ground dark & dark spots often obscure. variable.
Male hyaline spots distinctly yellow.
Range Sikkim to Myanmar.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/90640020.html
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...901ba965-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me..._7/a-28804.jpg


P. fatih & fatua.

FW spot 3 well away from the base of space 3, leaving a dark triangle.
FW spot 3 & spot 2 overlap at least by half (typically ).

P. fatih : Ground more ochreous, larger.
Range Kangra to Nepal.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...42d5f970-1.jpg
There are forms in which the ground is reddish.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...69fe8250-1.jpg


P. fatua : smaller & the ground should be strongly reddish.
Male FW more produced. Impossible to judge.
Range Sikkim to N. Myanmar
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...b253737e-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...b3ce2506-1.jpg
Browner form
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...924d5ec1-1.jpg


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[Psyche]

Sir, also, I'm very much confused by this royal. Could you check please?
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Likely to be a female Pratapa deva lila.
The long labial palps 3rd segment & upperside pale blue suggest a female.
Dsf with reduced black spot UnH & UpH marginal spots.

Only Tajuria cippus & Pratapa deva lila may have the postdiscal band broken into linear streaks. Correction : also T. jehana.

Example with UnH spot reduced to a dot.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...68c36a60-2.jpg

Typical female with marginal black spots.Ssp. devana.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratap...Un_479_AC1.jpg


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[Commander]

Tajuria cippus has jet black opaque eyes. This one's not a Tajuria ​for sure...

[Nawab]

Thank you, sir. I was confused between Pratapa deva and Tajuria jehana actually. True, Tajuria cippus is very different with those black eyes.

[Psyche]

Thank you, sir. I was confused between Pratapa deva and Tajuria jehana actually. True, Tajuria cippus is very different with those black eyes.

You got a point here.

It also look similar to T. jehana as some have the HW band/line broken into streaks.

However if it is correctly a female, than the jehana female have much heavier HW markings.


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[Psyche]

Tajuria cippus has jet black opaque eyes. This one's not a Tajuria ​for sure...

Great observation here , Khew.

I somehow fail to notice it.


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