Butterflies ID help

[Psyche]

6. Female Rapala suffusa.

9. Female Rapala dieneces.


These two are much confused in the past.

Rapala suffusa female ; Strongly yellow.
FW postdiscal band curved in to the costa.
HW orange crown around the black spot yellow & merges into the ground colour.
https://www.butterflycircle.com/chec...Sunny-Chir.jpg
https://s3.amazonaws.com/production-...or__FAFAFA.jpg
https://www.butterflycircle.com/chec...lash_Ellen.jpg
https://a4.pbase.com/g9/25/686825/2/...5.sRe8z1wO.jpg


Rapala dieneces female. Ground colour brownisn to ochreous.
FW postdiscal band straight or nearly so.
HW with the orange crown around the black spot distinctly orange & contrast with the yellow shading.
https://wingscales.com/content/record/1741-1-cec76.jpg
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2891/3...8ecd103c_c.jpg
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...4awjw&usqp=CAU


The female of Rapala damona is uncertain but as the male is a deep orange brown the probable female may be deduced thus.
Male & probale female.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4600/...0662737f_c.jpg
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-66Xxi-yYP...ash-SunnyC.png

[Psyche]

7. Jamides celeno.

Although the male's exposed FW suggest J. pura. the dark shading indicate there is a dark border , less developed.

J. pura in Sundaland have the HW balck spot with prominent long silvery side bars.
https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/J...sMFUpUnAC1.jpg
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5494/...65d57a1b_c.jpg
http://nlliew66butterflies.blogspot....pura-pura.html

[Psyche]

8. Telicota besta male.


Telicota can be very difficult. A shift in the angle of light renders the colour tone hard to judge.


T. augias. Male ;Uniformly deep orange including face & abdomen. Veins in male not dark dusted.
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f8o_ke_F-...alm%2BDart.jpg


T. colon male; FW spots staggered in a stepladder arrangement. Veins may be lightly darkened. Face slightly paler.
https://www.butterflycircle.com/chec...20-%20Khew.jpg

T. linna; male Duller , veins not dark-dusted.
Face & lower part of abdomen paler but may be hard to see the abdomen.
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pxufm6yxw...TL_male_02.jpg
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-79Gj7N-1G...TL_male_01.jpg


T. besta male. Veins across HW band may be lightly dark-dusted but hard to judge & not reliable.
Only the face is paler.
Male with upperside confirmation.
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NbpYa8Xex...0/DSC_0294.JPG
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-n_yvZvnii...0/DSC_0303.JPG

Freshly eclosed male, Singapore.
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1rRXJdPYo...ed_male_01.jpg



TL Seow: Cheers.

[sabafish]

Thank you Dr. Seow for the detailed breakdown and explanation!