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Tai LA
06-Aug-2017, 12:30 AM
Looking so similar yet different!

1. Charaxes bernardus crepax?
https://s1.postimg.org/i09t02h97/DSC_0338.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/i09t02h97/)

2. Charaxes bernardus crepax variant?

https://s2.postimg.org/tu8jxag79/Charaxes_bernardus_crepax_Tawny_Rajah_4.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/tu8jxag79/)

3. ?

https://s2.postimg.org/u89vww0at/DSC_0359.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/u89vww0at/)

4. Charaxes bernardus crepax - commonly encountered Tawny Rajah?

https://s1.postimg.org/smhducpaj/DSC_0563.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/smhducpaj/)

Psyche
06-Aug-2017, 12:53 AM
As far as I can tell they are all one species C. bernardus.


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Tai LA
06-Aug-2017, 07:33 AM
Wow! So variable but different sub species? Charaxes bernardus hierax?

Psyche
06-Aug-2017, 09:23 AM
They are all ssp crepax.

ssp hierax have a white FW band .
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/543/Charaxes-bernardus

Undersides of the other species.

C. harmodius.
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/fc/e2/6a/fce26af936991c05389fcbb60163a4d3.jpg

C. borneensis.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_YcEYrhCNLw/Ui8rgazqAKI/AAAAAAAAKZs/c3B_W4DyHw0/s1600/DSC_1004.JPG

C. dunfordi.
http://www.samuibutterflies.com/02_images/travels/nymphalinae/charaxesdurnfordi.v.jpg

C. distanti.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1vobF4pNQKY/UyetLxkH9zI/AAAAAAAANdk/XCzlJOpBqqQ/s1600/DSC_0338.JPG

C. solon.
https://www.thaibugs.com/wp-content/gallery/charaxinae/Charaxes%20solon.jpg

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