Which Jamides?

[JitLeangFoo]

Is it a alecto or elpis?
20210531 MetallicCaerulean.JPG

[Psyche]

The fully blue HW IDed it as a male J. elpis. Correction .J. caeruleus.


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PS.
Male J. elpis is all blue above while male alecto have a black FW border & HW marginal spota.
On the underside J. elpis have the white striae thin while alecto have many thicken.

Male & female J. elpis.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...97cf3608-2.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yzw2AzY2du...Horace+Tan.jpg

J.alecto.
https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/J...aMFUpUnAC1.jpg
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...0-%20Sunny.jpg
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rzo8wjfyC...Henry_01_c.jpg

[JitLeangFoo]

Maybe I was not correct to narrow it to the J.alecto or J.elpis. The white striae are quite thick. Could it be a J.caeruleus? Here are two more photos of the same individual.
GlisteningCaerulean 202105280012.jpg
GlisteningCaerulean 202105280018.jpg

[Psyche]

Based on the arrangement of the white striae on the HW & the darkish underside it is Jamides caeruleus.


This one is unusual for two reasons.

1. The upperside blue is a bit light.

2. In J. caeruleus, the last white stria of the postdiscal band normally hangs free, not attached to the inner stria.

Here are correct examples of the male J. caeruleus.
https://static.inaturalist.org/photo...jpg?1570435132
https://live.staticflickr.com/290/32...624eecb8_b.jpg
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rzo8wjfyC..._male_02_c.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q2_kLPWxVe...0/DSC_0726.JPG

Female.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...race%20Tan.jpg


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