Simi Yellow??

[horace2264]

Take a close look at Plate 10 Figure 6 which shows E. lacteola lacteola. Doesn't seem to match. Unfortunately, C&P4 only shows one specimen, and no undersides.

I found pictures of the under and upper sides of E. lacteola at
http://pick5.pick.uga.edu/mp/20p?see=I_JP/0138
but the underside shot shows two cell spots instead of one.

Horace

[Silverstreak]

Let me state here again that all pictures posted here the butterfly was gently handled and released unharmed after the photos was quickly taken.

Any complaint to my treatment of the butterfly, in my quest in identifying the butterfly through this method, shall be my sole responsibility and has nothing to do whatsoever with any other members and The Management of ButterflyCircle

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[Commander]

Strange. But I would depend more on C&P4's authority in the identification of these species of Eurema. The accuracy and reliability of the printed word is often taken more seriously than web-based postings, which can disappear overnight.

Hence my own take is that E. lacteola only has a single cell spot rather than two, as described in C&P4 and also WA Fleming's "Butterflies of West Malaysia and Singapore" Vol 1, 2nd Edition. (Scroll down the page to read about this book)

I found pictures of the under and upper sides of E. lacteola at
http://pick5.pick.uga.edu/mp/20p?see=I_JP/0138
but the underside shot shows two cell spots instead of one.

Horace

[horace2264]

Strange. But I would depend more on C&P4's authority in the identification of these species of Eurema. The accuracy and reliability of the printed word is often taken more seriously than web-based postings, which can disappear overnight.

Hence my own take is that E. lacteola only has a single cell spot rather than two, as described in C&P4 and also WA Fleming's "Butterflies of West Malaysia and Singapore" Vol 1, 2nd Edition. (Scroll down the page to read about this book)

I agree that the printed material should be taken more seriously than web-based postings. My only gripe with C&P4 is that given the great number of butterflies covered, it is sometimes frustrating for me to find the coverage for certain species is lacking in details or suffers from poor illustration.

Horace

[Silverstreak]

The series were captured on a single flowering Leea indica , they are of varying sizes , some are slghtly smaller than TSGY and others as small as those initially captured here on this thread.

You have :

No spot

one spot

Two spots

[Silverstreak]

Recently planted host where these yellows are laying eggs.

The Host Plant

[Silverstreak]

The no spot , one spot and two spots female were observed to be laying eggs on the host plant

Would be fun to breed these eggs and count their spots to prove C&P 4 not too accurate in counting spots.