Help with Cerulean ID

[DaveChiangMai]

This was photographed in Yala, southern Thailand. Closest match I can find on the web is Dusky Cerulean J. virgulatus.

Would appreciate comments on the identification please.2437224373

[Psyche]

Both are variants of Jamides celeno.

A. FW postdiscal band (middle one) straight & not broken in the middle.

J. celeno. HW white lines variable, may be chaotic; silvery sidebars on black spot short or unequal.
eghttp://ftp.funet.fi/index/Tree_of_life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/jamides/celeno_celeno-1amv.jpg

2. J. pura silvery sidebars on black spot equally long.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1cdTLzHI39w/U0o9K9A5C1I/AAAAAAAAN3U/w6UbIKJHNIM/s1600/DSC_0122.JPG

3. J. zebra ;FW outer margin of band scalloped.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z7HcMMnlQQ0/VkMDyzCdorI/AAAAAAAAXPc/aQHhxmVy_vo/s1600/DSC_0011.JPG

4 J. malaccanus :HW all white lines complete from top to bottom; orange merge with little white line 'above' it.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist/mugshots/Jamides%20malaccanus%20malaccanus/Malaccan%20Caerulean%20-%20Khew.jpg.

B. J. virgulatus.
1. FW band broken ( angled)in the middle.
HW basal band aligned .
3. Orange patch large.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4058/4578984402_3304201363_o.jpg

TL Seow: Cheers.

[DaveChiangMai]

Thank you for the detailed reply.