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    Default ID requested for Charaxes species

    GREETINGS FROM INDIA!!!!

    Dear Sir/Madam,
    I am sending herewith one image link for identification purposes. Species image captured from Jayanti Riverbed (North - East region), Buxa Tiger Reserve, West Bengal, India in the month of November 2020. Sorry to say that I am unable to upload the image through this forum site since yesterday.

    https://i.postimg.cc/CKYT6m0R/Charaxes.jpg

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    Rajib Dey
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    Should be Charaxes bernardus hierax. Correction: Charaxes aristogiton.

    C. aristogiton.
    Male without a pale discal band.
    Underside uniform brown ;FW apex white shadings better defined as two spots.
    HW postdiscal band/spots edged by a usually fairly straight thin & defined black line.
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...21918129-1.jpg
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...d1f8523d-1.jpg
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp...es-aristogiton


    C. Kahruba.
    Underside ochreous yellow with dark brown contrasted markings, the inner discal dark brown band a series of jointed blocks.
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp...araxes-kahruba

    C. marmax.
    Underside pale yellow brown with thtwo apical white spots well-defined.
    HW postdiscal dark line thin & may be disjointed.
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...9ad0bada-1.jpg
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp...haraxes-marmax


    C. bernardus & psaphon are very similar & variable.


    C. bertnardus.
    Male may have a white discal band.
    FW apex more strongly white shaded; HW black line less developed , irregular & may not be black.
    Tail at vein 4 typically short, 2X the tooth at vein 2.
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...46137f60-1.jpg
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...0e30de17-1.jpg
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/#!...axes-bernardus


    C. psaphon.
    Male always without a pale white band. FW apex less white; Hw dark line stronger often broader.
    Tail at vein 4 in male often longer.
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...668e01a9-1.jpg
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...gale_ah400.jpg
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp...araxes-psaphon


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    Last edited by Psyche; 08-Dec-2020 at 11:13 PM.

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    Thank you for your feedback. Yes, we all know about the tricky genus of Charaxes. After getting your reply I further studied about it. I am sharing with you.

    UNF inner edge of the discal band is not so closer to the cellend bar like as Charaxes bernardus hierax.
    HW with a series of narrow post discal white spots in spaces 1b-5 is small and outer edged not by broader black spots.

    https://postimg.cc/PCrc1wKX
    https://postimg.cc/CRQvD6z7
    https://postimg.cc/z374v7St

    Thanks and Regards,
    Rajib Dey

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    Agreed .

    The closeness of the discal band to the FW cellend bar is fairly consistent in C. bernardus .
    I actually did look at it before but it can be difficult in some examples.

    This means your specimen is Charaxes aristogiton.


    You could try a scrutiny of the difference between C. bernardus & C. psaphon.


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    Last edited by Psyche; 08-Dec-2020 at 11:13 PM.

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    Thanks a lot Sir.I will try to scrutiny as per your guidance.

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    Rajib Dey

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    As a caution that no single feature is absolute.


    Typical C. aristogiton.
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...jayGaikwad.jpg

    C. aristogiton with the FW discal band near to the cellend mark.
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...fbbd48c9-1.jpg

    C. bernardus crepax with the discal band not near the cellend. Langkawi, P. Malaysia ,where C. aristogiton is absent.
    https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fxZ_p4oTI...us+crepax).jpg


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