06-Jun-2021, 06:47 AM
#11
There are a number of shots of Caltoris taken in NE India & are worth reviewing.
Caltoris bromus : FW 2 cellspots; usually UnF spot 1b in both sexes. UpF male ocasional spot 1b.
Female sometimes have UnH spots 2, & 3.
C. confusa :darker & smaller usually with reduced markings especially absence of upper cellspot & spot 3.
UnF without a spot 1b.
C. cahira : FW 2 cellspots. UnH dark chocolate
2 large cellspots; Un. uniformly brown.
Should be C. bromus male.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...52fd48f3-1.jpg
2 FW cellspots; Left UnF shows a spot 1b (faint)
C. bromus male.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...e290e3d3-2.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...e290e3d3-1.jpg
Both females & likely to be the same species.
Probably C. bromus females. Correction; These two females are unlikely to be C. bromus .
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...e6d92cc6-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...86340d5c-1.jpg
Typical C. cahira male with UnH dark chocolate.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...60bdb11a-1.jpg
Typical C. cormasa with overall reddish tone. Male. FW spots tend to be yellowish. Add. note: A comparison with C. plebeia seem almost identical, but C plebeia never have 3 subapical spots (seen here) & Unh is darker purplebrown.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...326e9677-1.jpg
TL Seow: Cheers.
Last edited by Psyche; 06-Jun-2021 at 07:28 PM .
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