Doubtful IDs from Nepal

[Nawab]

Sorry for the terrible pic (broken flash and low light), but I think this is P. nesta. Nepal, 1500 ft. August.
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[Psyche]

Post 9.

Probably Potanthus mingo.
UnF spots with varying overlap.
UnH band upper end (spots 4 + 5) projected out.
Varying heavy black spots on HW band's outer margin.
Abdominal end strongly black- banded.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/92810010.html
Singapore male.
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f3wB2A2uj...0/_MG_1531.jpg
Mating pair Female left fresh, male right worn.
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tFtROXZYi...us%2Bmingo.JPG

P. nesta; FW spots 4 & 5 outer margin often nearly in line with main band.
UnH band upper spots (4+5) not projected out or barely.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/92800001.html
Probable P. nesta Thailand.
Note FW band straight; HW band is rectangular & spot 6 is absent.
https://www.samuibutterflies.com/02_...usparvus.v.jpg
Probable P. nesta ,India.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...7cee7e8b-2.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...7cee7e8b-1.jpg


P. lydia lydia. FW spots 4 & 5 inner margins often convergent. spots 2 & 3 wide.
Abdominal end almost wholly black.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...406e7d83-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...406e7d83-2.jpg
Compare P. lydia fraseri P. Malaysia.
https://thaibutterflies.com/wp-conte...thus-lydia.jpg

P. pallida. FW spots 4 & 5 widely detached from spot 6, detached or just touch spot 3.
Underside may be lightly spotted; abdominal end strongly black-banded.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/92720001.html
Sri Lankan male.
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...VwCjA&usqp=CAU
Probable male India; Note wide spacing between FW spot 5 & 6, easily seen on UpF, and poor underside markings.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...76a88b2f-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...76a88b2f-2.jpg


P. trachala FW spots 4 & 5 typically fully detached .spots 2 & 3 quadrate with concave margins in the male.
Abdominal end black banded ;UnH band upper part strongly projected.
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kvlAhJLLs...la-tytleri.jpg
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-d1uwxt7AT...s_trachala.jpg

P. rectifasciatus ;FW band nearly straight; UnH band continuous in a curve, spot 6 very large.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/33212211@N00/38661764476


P. palnia; FW spot 5 often smaller than spot 5.
Underside dark shaded in a greenish tinge, no obvious spot.
Abdominal end mostly black.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/33212211@N00/37999817064

P. flava alcon. FW band mostly straight tapering to spot 5.
In ssp flava underside often heavily dark spotted.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/92780010.html


See images of P. nesta & mara in Evans' Hesperiid catalogue.


TL Seow; Cheers.

[Nawab]

Thank you, sir. Could you see if these are R. scintilla?
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[Psyche]

Post 11.
Rapala varuna orseis.
The UnH postdiscal band broad ,double white-sided, it & the cellend bar almost/or touch.
The orange crown encircles the black spot.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...ee8ec913-1.jpg

In SE Asia the species is often strongly purple flushed.
https://www.butterflycircle.com/chec...20Benedict.jpg


TL Seow; Cheers.

[Nawab]

Thank you, sir. Could you see if all these are Parnara bada? All were found in same location. 1500 masl, central Nepal, September.
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[Nawab]

Sir, could you look at these Caltoris cf. sirius also? I thought these were C. sirius but recently read that only Caltoris kumara, Caltoris bromus and Caltoris canaraica have unH spots 2 and 3. C. kumara is out, and I suppose so is C. canaraica, so are these all C. bromus and not C. sirius? 500 ft., southern central Nepal, July. All same location.

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[Psyche]

Post 13.


1 & 2.
Both 1 & 2 have UnH with a spot 6 present.
UpF with 1 with a lower cellspot & 2 with two cellspot.
Parnara guttata mangala. Correction Parnara bada aberration with 1 & 2 cellspots.


4 have no UpF cellspot & UnH with spots 2 - 5.
FW spots 2 & 3 quadrate sothe discal spots are spread out.
Parnara bada.


Parnara bada FW almost always without any cellspot (occa. a lower one)
FW spots 2 & 3 quadrate so the spots are wide apartUnH often with a spot 6.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/93050001.html


P. guttata ;Usually 2 cellspot, often lower one absent, also may not any cellspot.
HW almost always with a spot 6. Correction: HW almost never with a spot 6.

P. ganga; FW cellspot occassionally with a lower cellspot.
HW without a spot 6 ; HW spots larger.
FW spot 2 & 3 rectangualr so all the spots are close.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/93040001.html


P. apostata debdasi ;HW with a spot 6; UpF dark, spots 2 & 3 quadrate .spots are close together.
See pix in revision below.
https://www.researchgate.net/publica..._Asian_species



Post 14.
Has to be Caltoris bromus female.
There are no other species to consider.


TL Seow: Cheers.