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    The Jamides in India are rather different with wsf & dsf.

    I can't asses the Butterflies of India so these are Google search images.

    J. elpis. UpF male border a thread;UpH without marginal black spots.
    UpF striae thin.
    http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc4/81130010.html
    These below are J. elpis from UpH view.
    http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com...s%20alecto.htm

    J. alecto FW thicker black border; UpH with marginal spots
    UNF striae thick , thinner in dsf.
    http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc4/81140010.html
    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pr...o9NR-BQKC6vR8g


    J. celeno; male with a wider black border
    UpF striae thin .
    Male dsf with narrow black border & easily confused with J. pura.
    UnF with submarginal spot 2 usually in line with the rest & with a straight margin.
    http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc4/81050010.html
    http://motyli.wz.cz/nymphal/lycaenid...eleno_M_UP.jpg
    http://motyli.wz.cz/nymphal/lycaenid...eleno_M_UN.jpg
    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F...n_Kadavoor.jpg
    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F...W_IMG_8565.jpg
    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F...erulean_09.JPG


    J. pura Male with black border a thread or very narrow.
    UnF usually with submarginal spot slightly larger & with convex margin.
    http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc4/81060001.html
    India.
    https://indiabiodiversity.org/biodiv...es_pura/60.jpg
    Male. P. Malaysia; UnF submarginal 2 is much larger with convex margin & UnH black spot have long side bars.
    https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5494/...65d57a1b_c.jpg


    Additional note.
    The difference in the FW submarginal spots (space 1b & 2) is much more apparent in dsf.

    J. celeno
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...3c0d9583-1.jpg
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...b0eb811c-1.jpg

    J. pura.
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...ad5d675b-1.jpg
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...unte_ag616.jpg
    Last edited by Psyche; 11-Jun-2021 at 06:29 PM.

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