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Tai LA
20-Jul-2017, 10:35 PM
Looks like a Charaxes bernadus upper wing pattern but missing the typical submarginal spots and a bit too small in size.

https://s11.postimg.org/6xmpkcwkv/DSC_0526.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/6xmpkcwkv/)

Psyche
21-Jul-2017, 12:33 AM
Not sure what this.
The way the FW black border curved towards the forward margin have no proper match.

A possible match is the subspecies of C. bernardus from Sumatra.
http://potokito-myshot.blogspot.my/2012/03/tawny-rajah-butterfly-charaxes.html


The 2nd nearest is Charaxes affinis from Sulawesi.
Diffrent subspecies may have diffrent width of the black borders.
http://www.geocities.ws/ayam_hugeng/Charaxes_affinis_affinisM.jpg
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/museum-voices/neotropica/files/2014/08/Charaxini-affinisM.jpg


TL Seow: Cheers.

Tai LA
21-Jul-2017, 08:00 AM
Thank you Dr Seow!