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Alan Yip
02-Dec-2016, 02:50 PM
Are they Polytremis sp.?
Taken in Gopeng

https://c6.staticflickr.com/6/5527/31354673605_c760d765b5_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/PLGU5M)20160718 DSC_3456 (https://flic.kr/p/PLGU5M) by Alan Yip (https://www.flickr.com/photos/alanyip3/), 於 Flickr

https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5817/30546853473_54b6beaa62_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/NxjBit)20160716 DSC_1201 (https://flic.kr/p/NxjBit) by Alan Yip (https://www.flickr.com/photos/alanyip3/), 於 Flickr

Psyche
03-Dec-2016, 12:27 AM
1. Polytremis lubricans. Both FW & HW spots are yellowish.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist/mugshots/Polytremis%20lubricans%20lubricans/Contiguous%20Swift%20-%20Sum%20Chee%20Ming.jpg

2. Probably Pelopidas conjunctus.
FW spots large & yellowish : HW spots whitish. This is typical of P. conjunctus.
The HW cellspot is missing but this sometimes occur.
https://wanderingbutterflyeffect.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/6a0100a801ee89000e0110162468f1860b.jpg

TL Seow : Cheers.

Alan Yip
05-Dec-2016, 04:03 PM
Notes and thanks!

Psyche
05-Dec-2016, 07:34 PM
2. Female Parnara bada.No HW cellsot.

In Parnara have short antennae with short apiculi (tip after the club.)
In pix the apiculi are usually not visible so that the antennae appear like drumstick.
I have thought of Parnara but could not get a matching pix so I though perhaps the angle of shot has caused the apiculi to be invisible.
The spots of P. bada are widely variable in size & number.

A matching female from Taiwan.
http://sjl.csie.chu.edu.tw/butterflies/displayimage.php?album=773&pid=1681#top_display_media

males from Malaya & Singapore.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-r10tmE1ODKA/UPa4h8TT-8I/AAAAAAAAIw0/fRcHm9s-F9M/s1600/LKW+2009+parnara+bada.jpg
http://static.inaturalist.org/photos/2464963/large.jpg?1443780933

Females from Singapore & India.
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/Schir/Sunny-Chir---EOS-1D-Mark-III--17_10_2011--0379.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/African_Straight_Swift_(Parnara_bada)_in_Vanasthal ipuram,_Hyderabad,_AP_W_IMG_9229.jpg

TL Seow: Cheers.