Nacaduba berenice or beroe ??

[Silverstreak]

Seow,

Your assistance would be appreciated!

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/Schir/Bin/Sunny-Chir---EOS-1D-Mark-III--13_08_2011--0143-copy-4.jpg



Cheers!

[Psyche]

Salient Features
1. Female
2. The 3 upper submarginal spots(in space 4 ,5, & 6) visible here forms a neat band.
The lower two (in spaces 4 & 5) are pointed or pyramidal in shape in the females of berenice & calauria.

So, this is a female of beroe or kurava.
I am not sure how to differentiate these two, but because of the large marginal spots this is perhaps a beroe female.

Here is a local male N. kurava by Federick. (Note C&P4's Plate 37/35 is a male kurava.)
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0EK80AsaR7g/TUPvlJiepVI/AAAAAAAAD8I/GmGpw8Bx9Nk/s400/DSC1068-Nacaduba-sp.jpg
Here is a female N. kurava from HongKong.
http://www.dchome.net/attachments/day_080501/20080501_75b06357305cbc42a520sNQYJ1ypSJ3M.jpg
Note the upper submarginal spots' margin are rounded or scalloped.

TL Seow:cheers:
( Thanks to Sunny this is positively confirmed as a female Nacaduba beroe )

[Silverstreak]

Thank you Dr. Seow !

How much does the upper side shot I shown you play its part in positively identified it as the N. Beroe ?

Horace has been informed of location of the colony and hopefully he can nail the lifecycle of this hard to identified Nacaduba .

:cheers:

[Psyche]

From the underside forewng submarginal band it is either beroe or Kurava female, thought I strongly suspect it is beroe because of the large marginal spots and the dark colour of both series of spots.
The upperside immediately separates the two.

Note the upperside of the female berenice can be very similar to beroe but the underside should separate them.

TL Seow:cheers:

[Silverstreak]

Seow ,

Thank you for the elaboration , now I see how the upper side shot come into the picture in nailing this N. beroe down down!

Cheers!