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Chestnut Bob
12-Jul-2017, 01:03 AM
This was shot in Fraser's Hill and was IDed as P bhutea. I post this in Facebook yesterday and some thought it could be P. nelides. I'm confused LOL:
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Psyche
12-Jul-2017, 07:18 AM
Prosotas nelides.

In the past this have been misIDed as P. bhutea. (I am probably guilty as well.)

P. nelides ;greyish ;FW band macular ( of nearly distinct spots) or catenulate (like chain-links); FW apex dark-shaded & submarginal spot blurred out.
Regularly taken at Fraser's Hill.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8043/8370921153_b95c91cc61.jpg
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-C3UbkE5hieU/WVe8lmkw2cI/AAAAAAAAdTM/390_s0csJo82FozG-K61l0LL858l8LeogCLcBGAs/s1600/DSC_2015.JPG

Prosotas bhutea ;brownish; FW spots more band-like; FW no postdiscal & sub-basal (below midcell band) spot in space 1b.
The pic below is the only in which the FW is raised high enough to show no spot in space 1b.
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/2017/137_17671-539-58e4825cce173-1.jpg

eg below ;although there is no sub-basal spot in space 1b ,there is a postdiscal spot present ,so it is not P. bhutea .
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/ProsotasBhutea/ProsotasBhutea_KrushnameghKunte_aa900.jpg

As P. bhutea is stated to be not uncommon in the hills it should look out for.

TL Seow; Cheers.

Chestnut Bob
12-Jul-2017, 09:03 PM
Thank you so much for clearing the doubts Dr. Seow!

Cheers!