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Thread: ID help please : Potanthus sp. ?

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    Default ID help please : Potanthus sp. ?

    Dear Dr Seow,
    Can i ask for your help with the following ID ? Location : West Sumatra - Indonesia.
    These are 3 different sightings, but they look very similar so I think they are the same species.
    Thanks for your help.
    Nad

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    Potanthus sp 1 forum.jpgPotanthus sp 2 forum.jpg

    2)
    potanthus forum.jpg

    3)
    potanthus forum2.jpg

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    The antennal club is rounded at the end without an apiculus , the extended tip.

    This identifies it at once as Taractrocera.

    Pic 1 is male from the abdominal end .
    Pix 2 & 3 are females.

    There are only a few species.
    The male of T. archias & nigrolimbatus have continuous conjoined FW banding.
    T. ardonia have pale spots & a large rounded head of the HW band.

    This leaves T. luzonensis (formerly as T. ziclea)

    The Sumatran ssp tissara have narrower markings.

    ID: Taractrocera luzonensis tissara.


    T. luzonensis luzonensis in the Philippines for comparison.
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/akhombre/32781151906
    https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/2024216002


    T. luzonensis zenia P. Thailand.
    http://yutaka.it-n.jp/npict15c/92600010_n001.jpg



    TL Seow: Cheers.
    Last edited by Psyche; 12-Sep-2020 at 06:58 PM.

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    Thanks a lot Dr Seow for all these details.
    Cheers from Sumatra

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