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Painted Jezebel
10-Jun-2011, 03:47 PM
I am starting to doubt several of my photo IDs as I prepare new pages. I have this as a female Ionolyce helicon, but I am wondering whether it may be a Prosotas aluta? I can not tell them apart!:embrass:

Psyche
10-Jun-2011, 05:08 PM
Despite the squashed perspective, this one retains the angular hindwing and the sinuous-looking forewing postdiscal band that helps to ID it as a female I. helicon.

These little butts can be quite tricky. Looking at this one I think I may have mis-ID one of Federick lycaenid as a female I. helicon a while back.

TL Seow:cheers:

Painted Jezebel
10-Jun-2011, 05:13 PM
Thanks so much, Seow. For the last couple of hours, I have had all my books open on the desk trying to decide, and it was doing my head in. I had it right after all.