Quote Originally Posted by LJK1410 View Post
Hi Dr Seow, I would agree more with Aaron at least for the second individual, the ground colour seems too greyish from that of the regular pale brown of female R. dieneces we typically see. In C&P5 it mentions in the key ID feature for R. cowani females "uppersides always with a cupreous discal patch on the forewing and sometimes with a cupreous subtornal patch on the hindwing", which closely resembles that in the pictures. Could you have another look at it again?
Yes. I would concede Aaron is correct.

Both are female Rapala cowani females.


My confusion stem from the fact that all four live shots of Rapala cowani I have seen, one from Johor, P. Malaysia, two from Pulau Ubin & the fourth from Riau are distinctly grey as in the Riau example.
But this looks obviously different from the typical female Rapala dieneces.
I may add the FW margin is crenate ie scalloped more strongly in the female this species.


TL Seow: Cheers.