Dear Dr. Seow sir, I am stuck with the ID of the following species photographed in Meghalaya. I have no idea about the Ypthima but try to narrow down the ID of the Lethe as Lethe distans based on the following keys I have collected in previous post on this forum (pretending it is a female)?:
FW white cross band narrow, typically not breaking the outer border of the dark zone?
FW submarginal line & ocelli looks obscure.
HW outer dark line not so bent in.
The slight upper visible from the broken area looks bright red?
The female of Lethe mekara and Lethe distans however looked similar though.
Doubts: This one has the HW outer dark line not so bent in, so tentative Lethe mekara?
Ypthima UFO (Looked like a Fivering). Striking out Y. baldus looking at UN obscure fasciae. UP is almost without any dark fasciae? It is from January season.
Doubtful Butterflies from Meghalaya
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