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Shihan
19-Nov-2016, 04:08 AM
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lWEsxh6wv24/WAEjOqa0dbI/AAAAAAAACuA/i_Z6-AQfAYQRbXb2btB827jVWLprSh6YwCLcB/s1600/IMG_20160926_Nurul%2BHakim.jpg
Bangladesh

Psyche
19-Nov-2016, 07:20 AM
Female Potanthus pseudomaesa.

There appeared to be only 3 species in Bangladesh.

P. pseudomaesa smaller .FW 12mm. more rounded.
HW veins across band lightly darkened above & below; Un HW spot 4/5 of band projected out.
Upperside FW band with veins lightly darkened; spot 4 & 5 almost fully detached.
Male.
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/1a_11/30062532d7f5f8902c.jpg
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/2016/184_13476-130-57cfaece49765-1.jpg
Female .
https://www.flickr.com/photos/drsaji/3723503259/in/photostream/


P. trachala. Larger FW sharper; 15mm.
HW veins across band not darkened, but may be lightly so. Underside HW spot 4/5 projected out .
Upperside FW band with veins darkened, spots almost discrete with strongly concave margins; spots 4&5 well-detached.
male.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist/mugshots/Potanthus%20trachala%20tytleri/Potanthus_male_upperside_02.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kvlAhJLLsd0/VAxf7FbehUI/AAAAAAAAQFc/hP3tC8esw5s/s1600/HFH3746-Potanthus-trachala-tytleri.jpg
Female.
https://c3.staticflickr.com/3/2730/4261912175_bfe57d293d_z.jpg?zz=1
http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist/mugshots/Potanthus%20trachala%20tytleri/Potanthus_female_01.jpg

P. confucius. FW 13-14 mm.
HW veins not darkened above & below; Underside HW spots 4&5 not or only slightly projected out.
Upperside FW veins not darkened & spots united into a continuous band. : FW spots 4&5 strongly overlapping those above & below them, on both upper/undersides.
Male.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Potanthus_at_Nayikayam_Thattu.jpg/480px-Potanthus_at_Nayikayam_Thattu.jpg
http://wingscales.com/content/record/514-1-f6975.jpg

TL Seow: Cheers.