Curetis ID

[MinuteMaid]

Hi Dr. Seow,

Is this C. felderi?

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5613/15713835781_3ededef3f8_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pWzvV8)

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7556/15095796024_331270bc28_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oZXUef)

[Psyche]

It is Curetis felderi.
Underside speckled with black dots; upperside orange extensive & borders narrow.

If the upperside is not available there are 3 species with the underside speckled black & an oblique postdiscal band.
It is necessary to view the marks in space 6 & 7 (upper part of the HW )

1. Curetis santana.
HW postdiscal marks in space 6 & 7 in line.
HW submarginal marks in space 6 & 7 out of line.
Palpi 2nd segment white spotted red.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0ICztPUghRQ/TezJrJqaIMI/AAAAAAAALFo/e0n7DK9mzZ8/s1600/Malayan_Sunbeam_adult_male_female_01.jpg

2. Curetis bulis.
HW postdiscal marks in space 6 tuck under or inwards (eg towards base) of the mark in space 7.
Submarginal marks in space 6 & 7 in line.
Palpi white , red - spotted.
http://m6.i.pbase.com/g9/25/686825/2/153334176.KebMw2Ne.jpg
http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Butterflies%20of%20China/11_Lycaenidae/Curetis%20bulis/Curetis%20bulis_070702139B.jpg

3. Curetis felderi.
HW postdiscal marks in space 6 inwards of that in space 7 ( similar to C bulis.)
HW submarginal marks in space 6 & 7 out of line ( similar to C. santana )
Palpi white & unspotted.
Obvious example from Brunei & less obvious ones from S. Thailand.
http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Curetis_felderi#mediaviewer/File:CuretisFelderiMUpUnAc1.jpg
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc3/84080001.html

TL Seow :Cheers.