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JitLeangFoo
31-Mar-2018, 08:06 PM
Seen oviposting on Uncaria but confused by the absence of tail.
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Psyche
31-Mar-2018, 09:05 PM
Female Nacaduba berenice.

There is a costal spot (on the forward margin) of the FW directly above the innermost band.
This is absent from N. beroe.

N. beroe male showing absent costal spot above innermost band ;The female here have a vaque innermost costal spot.
https://wanderingbutterflyeffect.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/6a0100a801ee89000e0123ddf39fce860b.jpg
http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist/mugshots/Nacaduba%20beroe%20neon/Sunny-Chir---EOS-1D-Mark-III--13_08_2011--0115_1-copy-4.jpg

N. berenice female is very variable.
When Horace raised a batch it was thought then there were several species in it.
Two Singapore examples. Markings may narrow or broad ,light or dark.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xFQx2YUBf8c/U5xj17_wpnI/AAAAAAAAONY/I69gkZT-jvk/s1600/HFH_2642-Nacaduba+berenice+icena.jpg
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5251/5448865696_dc79f98942_b.jpg

N. calauria almost always have the FW band straight & submarginal spot 4 & 5 sharply pointed.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist/mugshots/Nacaduba%20calauria%20malayica/Nacaduba-calauria-malayica---2--.jpg

N. kurava; FW submarginal spots large with inner margins rounded.
https://wanderingbutterflyeffect.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/6a0100a801ee89000e00fad6b787da0005.jpg


TL Seow: Cheers.
PS. The tails are broken off.
Where the tail is, the black marginal line curved out to a point. ie below the black spot.
In a tailless species ,the the black marginal line is even throughout. eg Tailless Lineblue.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/Tailless_Lineblue_%28Prosotas_dubiosa_indica%29_in _Hyderabad%2C_AP_W_IMG_9094.jpg

JitLeangFoo
02-Apr-2018, 12:23 AM
Thank you, Dr Seow