Thanks for the confirmation, sir. Could you please check this Jamides ? Looks little different than the regular alecto .
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Sajan KC
Thank you, sir. I need a serious confirmation on this one. Scobura isota isnt reported from Nepal before, and I found a bunch of these in east, near Sikkim in dry season of March. While I saw more than 10 individuals, I managed to photograph several and all were typical S. isota as per Evans '49. Question is, if this is enough or do I need genitalia, which isnt possible for me now.
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Sajan KC
They are all fairly typical dsf Scobura isota.
S. isota & cephala have been much confused.
Scobura cephala.
FW spot 4 always present.
UnH with a large rectangular spot in space 1b, in continuation of the spot in space 2 (In Evans' time space 1b is called space 1c .)
Dsf with lighter brown shadings beyond the spots. In wsf always deeply shaded brown.
See fieldshots at bottom of webpage.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/91670001.html
Scobura isota.
FW spot 4 usually absent.
UnH spot in space 1b absent or small & vestigial , often with a corresponding small spot in space 6.
Dsf unH ground entirely yellow.
WsF UnH with brown shading as in S. cephala.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/91680001.html
These should all be S. isota.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp...cobura-cephala
Also check the key here.
Page 2. key line 5 for S. cephala & isota.
Note: Space M3 is space 3, space CuA2 is space 1b.
https://www.researchgate.net/publica...ra_Hesperiidae
TL Seow: Cheers.
Last edited by Psyche; 17-Sep-2021 at 07:28 AM .
Thank you so much, sir. Also I came to know that S. cephala will never have spots reduced like in most of my individuals.
Sajan KC
Sir, could you please look at this Potanthus and Melanitis ? Could the Melanitis be M. zitenius ?
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Sajan KC
Post 176.
1. Probably Potanthus nesta.
Potanthus is particularly difficult.
Three species with the abdominal end yellow can be eliminated. ie P. pava, confucius, & ganda.
Three species in which the HW band's upermost spot (4 + 5) is strongly projected out & FW spots 4 & 5 are detached or nearly so are out ie P. pallida, P pseudomaesa, & trachala.
P. rectifasciatus have a very large spot 6 connecting the band to spot 7.
https://live.staticflickr.com/4585/3...39db4bb7_z.jpg
P. dara is pale yellowish with FW spots 4 & 5 detached & a prominent HW spot 6 above. ( Description corrected.)
Male & Female. Correction : These two may be forms of P. pallida with a prominent HW spot 6.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...9fae298e-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...e65a3959-2.jpg
P. pallida S. India have only 5 spp. pava, confucius, pallida ,pseudomaesa & palnia.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...3bfc9c29-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...ac2df66b-3.jpg
Potanthus dara.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/26689187@N00/4852304343
https://www.flickr.com/photos/26689187@N00/4853857016
P. palnia have underside with a strong greenish ochreous shade.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...4df0929d-1.jpg
https://live.staticflickr.com/5832/3...6e1ae172_b.jpg
https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4536...eb33ea48_b.jpg
Potanthus lydia is mostly dark orange & the underside with obscure spots.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...07a03494-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...07a03494-2.jpg
Ssp fraseri.
https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5648/2...e0f34ba0dc.jpg
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...jpg?1613963106
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...jpg?1545203091
P. juno have spot 8 absent or obscure; spot 5 smaller than spot 6.
http://thaibutterflies.com/wp-conten...o-1080x675.jpg
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WroJpPq0U...Dart-KohCH.jpg
P. mingo have outer margin of HW band excavate with dark spots & HW band upper spot marked by a deep step on the inner margin.
Two males
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f3wB2A2ujB...0/_MG_1531.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...ngeSkipper.jpg
Female on the left. Male right is rather worn.
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tFtROXZYi...us%2Bmingo.JPG
Potanthus flava
Generally the underside is marked by dark spots excavating the margins into spikes.
Ssp flavus (flava )
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D9U9oeeU8AA8nmx.jpg
Potanthus sita.
Similar to P. flava.
Resembles P. trachala but spots yellow.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/92760001.html
Probable P. sita.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...2758f481-1.jpg
https://live.staticflickr.com/2742/4...0544c037_z.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...24470a0c-1.jpg
That leaves two.
Potanthus mara.
FW band continuous like P. confucius. Lower spots 1b, 2, & 3 are broad.
HW band inner margin with a moderate step. Spot in space 1b large.
Male Female. Correction: These two below are Telicota ohara.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...cf3e4734-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...fa0bf2df-1.jpg
Correct example of Potanthus mara , see fig 25 A & B in the images on the right.
https://www.google.com/search?q=pota...l97BA1-AM_o7pM
Probable P. mara male.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...1055485c-2.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...1055485c-1.jpg
Potanthus nesta;
FW band narrow with varying overlap.
HW band also rectangular without a prominent inner step; HW spot in space 1b narrow.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/92800001.html
Probable examples.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...24da1634-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...24da1634-2.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...7cee7e8b-2.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...7cee7e8b-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...dd958ef7-2.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...dd958ef7-1.jpg
PS. Potanthus nesta is often confused as P. confucius.
P. confucius dushta Male. Note the abdominal end is yellow. In P. nesta it is black.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pr...H25DpUGQab2LeP
https://www.thaibutterflies.com/wp-c...s-1080x717.jpg
Last edited by Psyche; 19-Oct-2021 at 03:09 PM .
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