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    Default Help with this Euploea ID please

    Would this be a typical Euploea core? Taken in Selangor. Thank you in advance!


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    Euploea is extremely difficult to ID from the underside.

    Each species also have a lot of regional variations so that it is not possible to use the same species from another region (different ssp.)for comparison.


    E. core have prominent subapical FW spots & can be eliminated.
    http://yutaka.it-n.jp/dan/30270030.html

    E. midamus chloe have HW submarginal spots short at most 2- 2.5 X that of the marginal spots & the FW long & sharper.
    http://yutaka.it-n.jp/dan/30350010.html
    https://wingscales.com/Nymphalidae/E...-midamus-chloe

    E. algea menetriesii have the HW submarginal spots elongate to about 4x the marginal spots.Dark.FW apex more rounded.
    http://yutaka.it-n.jp/dan/30280010.html
    https://wingscales.com/Nymphalidae/E...gea-mentriesii


    E. sylvester harrisii. HW submarginal spots about 2 X that of the marginal spots . UpF brilliant blue in both sexes.
    http://yutaka.it-n.jp/dan/30310010.html
    https://wingscales.com/Nymphalidae/E...ester-harrisii


    E. modesta modesta; HW submarginal spots 2-3X that pf the marginal spots. The two series of spots tend to have a widening gap in the middle.
    http://yutaka.it-n.jp/dan/30240001.html
    https://wingscales.com/Nymphalidae/E...odesta-modesta
    Female.
    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pr...YZLdEjybAXlIJM
    http://malaysiabutterflies.myspecies...pecies-modesta


    This looks to be the female Euploea modesta modesta.



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    Thank you, Dr Seow!

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