Accidentally deleted a previous post so I'm re-posting the shots here along with 2 shots taken today. I've noticed the ground colour is quite variable too. The more worn specimens were much paler, resembling R. dieneces closely. Some pristine ones were paler too. I'll post them soon.
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Last edited by Banded Yeoman; 18-Feb-2018 at 12:20 AM.
cheers
Jonathan
The statement just means the upper end of the FW band is set further in on the costa due to a curve in the upper part of the band.
Jonanthan's shot 2 is R. damona.
The upperside shot shows the FW patch with a strong right-angled notch on its lower margin more characteristic of R. danona .
See Fleming L357.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc4/83870001.html
More often in R. dieneces the HW postdiscal band is fairly regular.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_pXOLUdZLp...rlet+Flash.jpg
https://static.inaturalist.org/photo...peg?1493295281
The irregularity of the HW seem only useful in R. tara which is often confused with suffusa up north.
TL Seow: Cheers.
PS. Whether the FW band is nearer termen or cellend is also irrelevant , as Jonathan 's latest two shots show both possibilities.
PS2. it is necessary to see how the female damona looks. In the book it looks very similar to suffusa but more ochreous than yellow.
The postdiscal band in space 1b is typically a low curve or convex & the speckled patch often large (both remarked upon by Jonathan & Aaron) but exceptions occur.
eg C&P4 shows a female dieneces with a large speckled patch (P50/35) and a female damona with a small speckled patch although the band is a low curve (P51/2).
Last edited by Psyche; 29-Dec-2017 at 01:34 AM. Reason: PS2
Thanks for all the clarifications Dr Seow. Seems like it can be quite variable even on such a small island like Singapore where there are few microhabitats
Aaron Soh