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    Default Abisara upper wing shots.

    Upper wing shots showing the differences in markings and coloration of the two species

    Female Abisara saturata kausambioides (Malayan Plum Judy)





    Male Abisara kausambi kausambi (Straight Judy)
    (tentative)

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    Hi Sunny,
    Great stuff you guys are doing with the potential new specie.

    Just trying to learn, how do you tell the diff between a male and female judy?

    Is this male?


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    Henry ,

    That is a male Abisara saturata kausambioides (Malayan Plum Judy)

    Here is a mating sequence of a male and female captured sometime in late 2006.









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    The difference of the male and female of Abisara saturata kausambioides (Malayan Plum Judy) are as follows:


    Male


    Top View Male




    Female




    Top View Female
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    tks Sunny for the wonderful illustration. Mine shot is a male then.

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    nice explainations..
    i have not even seen one yet... argh... must bring me along to hunt for it lehz...

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    Quote Originally Posted by blurboiboi View Post
    nice explainations..
    i have not even seen one yet... argh... must bring me along to hunt for it lehz...
    I found them twice at MF, the place where first met you

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