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ID help please
Dear Dr Seow,
Please confirm which Nacaduba is this?
DSC_3426.jpg-(800).jpg
Also, need your ID help for this skipper, please!
DSC_3389.jpg-(800).jpg
DSC_3393.jpg-(800).jpg
Thanks,
Regards
Cheng Ai
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1. Female Nacaduba kurava.
FW postdiscal band typically straight & entire.
The submarginal spots are often large with rounded margins.
Female UpF blue have a white apical area.
Examples from different countries.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...Saji_ae302.jpg
Malaya.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Cm9PS58V6Y...0/DSC_0206.JPG
Possible confusion with female N. calauria . The submarginal spots especially spots 4 & 5 are pointy.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...yica---2--.jpg
2. Pemara pugnans.
FW yellow spots clustered together.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/92180001.html
TL Seow: Cheers.
PS Added for comparison.
Female N. berenice.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...Sunny-Chir.jpg
https://live.staticflickr.com/5251/5...79f98942_b.jpg
Female N. beroe.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...5_1-copy-4.jpg
Female .N. kurava
https://wanderingbutterflyeffect.fil...b787da0005.jpg
Female N. calauria.
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...gaGjg&usqp=CAU
Last edited by Psyche; 23-May-2021 at 05:36 PM.
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