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Glorious Begum
10-Jan-2016, 10:16 PM
Need help for the following IDs.

#1, Is this T. pelea pelea ?

http://www.pbase.com/lcgoh/image/162294083.jpg

#2, T. pelea pelea also ?

http://www.pbase.com/lcgoh/image/151109373.jpg

#3, same T. pelea pelea ?

http://www.pbase.com/lcgoh/image/162294084.jpg

#4, Again T pelea pelea ?

http://www.pbase.com/lcgoh/image/162294085.jpg

#5, T. pelea pelea one more.

http://www.pbase.com/lcgoh/image/162294068.jpg


#6 T. palguna ?

http://www.pbase.com/lcgoh/image/162294070.jpg

Psyche
11-Jan-2016, 12:39 AM
1. female Euthalia monina.
2 Female Tanaecia pelea.
3. female E. monina.
4. Female Tanaecia munda.
5, Female Euthalia mahadeva.
6, Female Tanaecia iapis ( or Cynitia cocytina )

Female E. monina.
Thick white arroheads on FW & upper part of HW ; FW apex sharper.
FW spot 1b inner margin roundly bilobed ; HW with continuous unbroken zigzag line.

T. pelea. FW apex rounded. White arroheads ill defined, thicker in the upper part.
HW arrowhead nearer inner margin in the male , about halfway in the female.
needle thin long palpi 3rd segment diagnostic.
One male & 2 females.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UujYf-7I2Bo/UdQ40ay9pvI/AAAAAAAAKdY/ulk7Ud97fCw/s850/MalayViscount-MarkW.jpg
http://www.farelli.info/images/books/bali_impressions/butterfies/Nymphalidae/Tanaecia-pelea-00.jpg
http://m3.i.pbase.com/o6/25/686825/1/87129433.OunlIemV.Tanaeciaia_female.jpg


T. palguna FW arrowheads short not reaching halfway into each whitish spot.
HW arrowhead nearer termen.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lim2/720950010.html

T munda FW with very thin regular white arrowheads. HW arrowheads nearer termen, less obvious in the female.

T. iapis FW pale fascia evenly broad, arrowheads short , on HW usually set nearer inner margin.

E. mahadeva female: FW with broad rounded white arrowheads ; HW with inner margins of spots rather sharply pointed.

TL Seow:Cheers.

Glorious Begum
11-Jan-2016, 10:38 PM
I failed badly. :cry:

Thank you Dr Seow. :cheers:

Angiud
13-Jan-2016, 01:38 PM
You are in good company :bsmile: