ID need Verification and Help

[Saffron]

Dear Dr. Seow sir. Here are some doubtful butterflies for ID from NE India. I have thried to ID some of them. Please have a look.


1. Arhopala atrax?

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2. Rapala suffusa?

97.jpg


3. Parnara guttata or ganga?

DSC_0856.JPG


4. Neptis nashona?

62.jpg


5. Borbo sp.?

64.jpg


6. Celastrina lavendularis?

71.jpg


7. Caltoris sp.

91.jpg


8. Caltoris sp.

65.jpg 65a.jpg


9. Female of which Athyma?

46.jpg


10. Neptis magadha?

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Atanu Bora (Saffron)
Cheers

[Psyche]

1. Arhopala atrax is right.

This brlongs to the alea subgroup of the cleander group.
FW band not dislocated at vein 4, HW band completelt dislocated at vein 2 (near the 'V' spot)
The spots of the bands have rounded margins.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...bd83f6e2-1.jpg

A. alax is similar but the spots forming the bands have straight margins.
https://www.thaibutterflies.com/wp-c...ala-alax-1.jpg

[Psyche]

2. Female Rapala dieneces.

The FW band is fairly straight.
The HW orange crown is deeper & contrasted from the ground colour.

Female R. dieneces Singapore.
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5474/...d92f210a_c.jpg
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2891/3...8ecd103c_c.jpg

Female R. suffusa.
FW band curved towards costa.
FW orange crown yellow merging with ground colour.
Singapore.
http://a4.pbase.com/g9/25/686825/2/1...5.sRe8z1wO.jpg
https://farm4.static.flickr.com/3301...126294c2e6.jpg

This should be female R. suffusa.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...c4de4781-1.jpg

Female R. tara.
HW band strongly dislocated.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...8828ef58-1.jpg
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[Psyche]

3. Probably Parnara guttata.


Both P. ganga & guttata lacks a spot 6 which is usually present in P. apostata.

P. apostata UpF blackish ,no cellspot UnH with a spot 6.
P. Malaysia.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XGMVndBIWM...0/DSC_0332.JPG
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R1LW7DbcOy...0/DSC_0338.JPG


P. ganga UpF may have a lower cellspot.
InH no spot 6, spots tend to be yellowish , less straight.
http://butterfliesvietnam.blogspot.c...tal-swift.html
http://www.flutters.org/home/photoga...isepereira.jpg

P. guttata.
UpF 1-2 cellspot.
UnH spots white in a straight line.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...21f48ec0-2.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...c2124673-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...6138d73c-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...7db90205e8.jpg

[Psyche]

4. Neptis nashona.
FW cellbar & cellend spot jopined into a single band. FW with 3 postdiscal spots.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp...Neptis-nashona

[Psyche]

5. Borbo bevani.

The antennal club is more gradual than in Parnara which have it thicker.

Borbo cinnara have FW spots irregualr & lunulate while in B. bevani the spots are rounded.UpF spot 1b absent or faint.

Normally the two are difficult to separate based on the undersides but it appears that in B. bevani HW spot 6 is the largest. Correction: not always so.

B. cinnara.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...Saji_ad956.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...Saji_ad957.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...9b96766f-1.jpg

B. bevani.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...8b6d8a87-2.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...8b6d8a87-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...cb62f5e2-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...cb62f5e2-2.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...2804558a-2.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...2804558a-3.jpg