Lycaenidae species collection

[Peacock Royal]

1st shot taken on 21 Dec 2004
2nd shot on 9 Feb 2005.

[Commander]

Hmm... Federick's shot is another UFO. Quite different and most likely a tailless species.

[Rustic]

Hmm... Federick's shot is another UFO. Quite different and most likely a tailless species.

Frederick' resemble the Australian Nacaduba biocellata (C. & R. Felder, 1865). Common-name: Double Spotted Line Blue

http://linus.socs.uts.edu.au/~don/la...a/biocell.html

[atronox]

The 2nd of da last 5 shots taken by Ben Jin looks like deudorix elioti.

[Banded Yeoman]

A grass blue being eaten by a crab spider.

[Psyche]

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Pic 1 Female I. helicon. Note forewing postdiscal band staggered in an arc. Hindwing slightly angular. Probably slightly deformed.
pic 2 Male Nacaduba beroe. Note somewhat broad forewing submarginal band with lower inner margin not indented by the veins; large submarginal spot in space 6 on the hindwing; wing base noticeably darkened.

TL Seow

[Psyche]

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Skyblue
Pic1 N. subperusia lysa female. Note width of space 4 & 5 between postdical band and the submarginal much narrower than either; ocellus ringed with clear orange.
Pic2 N. pactolus male. Note hindwing large triangular marginal spot in space 6 pushing submarginal spot inwards; sharp drop in the inner margin between the submarginal spots in space 5 & 6.
Commander
Pic3 N. pactolus female.
Silverstreak
Pic4. N.subperusia lysa female
Peacock Royal
Pic5 N. pactolus male.
Wong1979
Pic6. Nacaduba kurava male. Note broad band as in N beroe, but inner margin gently scallopped to gently stepped lower down. Large submarginal spot in space 6 on the hindwing. Wingbase not darkened. Female with larger spots ,deeply scallopped inner margin and hindwing large spot ovate. (see Ellen Tan's N. beroe)
Pic7 unknown probably N. berenice.
Horace
Pic8. Nacaduba sanaya female. Note width of space 4 & 5 on hindwing between submarginal and postdiscal bands as wide as either; forewing postdiscal band dislocated at upper end; rounded large marginal spot in space 3 next to ocellus.

TL Seow

[Great Mormon]

Thanks for helping us to ID the butterflies! Really great to have you on board with us!

[Psyche]

Thanks for helping us to ID the butterflies! Really great to have you on board with us!

You're welcome. I forgot to add two things which may have been confusing everyone in the past.

Note

C&P4 Plate 37/35 is Nacaduba kurava male not female.
C&P4 Plate 37/38 is Nacaduba calauria male not female.

TL Seow

[horace2264]

Horace
Pic8. Nacaduba sanaya female. Note width of space 4 & 5 on hindwing between submarginal and postdiscal bands as wide as either; forewing postdiscal band dislocated at upper end; rounded large marginal spot in space 3 next to ocellus.

Many thanks for confirming that the 4-Line Blue is indeed Nacaduba sanaya.

I had also bred another 4-Line Blue species sometimes back. Attached below are pics of the adults. The first pic shows a female and the 2nd a male. I am still not too sure whether it is a N. superusia or N. sanaya.
Your comments on their ID will be very much appreciated.