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Tai LA
17-Aug-2016, 09:24 PM
1. Mycalesis anapita

https://s3.postimg.org/slpzhwiov/Mycalesis_anapita_fucentia_Tawny_Bush_Brown_4.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/slpzhwiov/)

2. and Mycelesis fusca?

https://s4.postimg.org/ae6sihbjd/Mycalesis_fusca_fusca_Malayan_Bush_Brown_1.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/ae6sihbjd/)

Psyche
18-Aug-2016, 12:15 AM
Both are Mycalesis fusca.

M. fusca. FW inner submarginal line strongly & irregularly zigzag.
FW subapical spots usually three, sometimes two.
Upperside dark brown.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4Gx8XFckpvk/Tr5nF5rHevI/AAAAAAAAGmI/qzZ7rpL59Dw/s1600/MalayanBB-ZhuangYY.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G8Dck7AxQfw/T7uf-8srb5I/AAAAAAAAF3Q/XqFWll4YdJ4/s1600/DSC0500+Malayan+Bush+Brown.jpg

M. anapita. FW inner submarginal line more or less regular.
FW subapical spot two; an extra small spot may be present in space 1b at lower end.
Dark discal line on FW more or less straight.
Upperside FW eyespot with a complete yellow ring.
http://www.samuibutterflies.com/expeditions/satyrinae/mycalesisanapita/
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Fyn_inuoNm8/UsX2dWsylaI/AAAAAAAAOSA/0JtX3LFG7lE/s1600/DSC_7591.jpg
http://m6.i.pbase.com/g4/25/686825/2/137778196.NVAJNPGb.jpg

M. patiana.Deeper orange ; FW inner submarginal line regular.
FW subapical spots two. No extra lower spot.
Dark discal line on FW with a kink at upper third.
Upperside FW eyespot without a clear yellow ring, partly merged into the black border.
http://www.samuibutterflies.com/expeditions/satyrinae/mycalesispatiana/
http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Mycalesis%20patiana%20DF001a%20Taman%20Negara.jpg
Sumatra
http://image.shutterstock.com/z/stock-photo-eliot-s-bush-brown-mycalesis-patiana-in-sumatra-indonesia-386068954.jpg

TL Seow :Cheers.

Tai LA
18-Aug-2016, 09:40 AM
Thanks Dr Seow!