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JitLeangFoo
17-Apr-2018, 03:50 PM
Are both these Miletus biggsii? How to differentiate M.biggsii and M.symethus just from lower wing?
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Psyche
17-Apr-2018, 06:32 PM
they are both M. biggsii.

M. biggsii :Uniform groud colour; FW postdiscal spot 6 strongly shifted out from spot 5 below it.
Wings without white shading at the apices.
2 males & 2 females.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist/mugshots/Miletus%20biggsii%20biggsii/miletus%20biggsii%20biggsii%20(biggs%20brownie)%20-%20Ellen%20Tan.JPG
http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist/mugshots/Miletus%20biggsii%20biggsii/Miletus%20biggsii%20biggsii.jpg
http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist/mugshots/Miletus%20biggsii%20biggsii/biggsagain%20-%20bene.jpg
http://kenanaonline.com/photos/1238264/1238264882/1238264882.jpg?1350924688

M. symethus : FW postdiscal spot 6 in line or nearly so with spot 5 ;Apices of both wings with white shading.
2 females.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist/mugshots/Miletus%20symethus%20petronius/Sunny-Chir---EOS-1D-Mark-III--30_08_2011--0562-copy-4.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-X-8RViE_q5o/UKSAu1WRjoI/AAAAAAAAIjo/xIuoFchZqP4/s1600/BiggsBrownie-KohCH.jpg
Surprisingly no male from Singapore.
Male from Indonesia.
https://www.indonesiatravelingguide.com/indonesia-butterfly/miletus-symethus-great-brownie-lycaenidae/


Two other species were recorded from Singapore.

Probable female M. gaesa.
FW postdiscal spot 6 in line with spot 5; Brown shading over marginal area of HW wings.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist/mugshots/Miletus%20biggsii%20biggsii/biggs%20Brownie%20-%20Ellen%20Tan.JPG

M. gopara.
FW postdiscal spot 6 more or less in line with spot 5 ;uniform ground colour.
Probable male.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S4cUl9qpbmo/U223T_fuvuI/AAAAAAAAMB0/uR8VXXmun1g/s1600/BiggsBrownwing-KohCH.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miletus_gopara#/media/File:MiletusGoparaGoparaMUpUnAC1.jpg
Probable female. The 'tail' varies in extent.
http://photobucket.com/gallery/user/digimania/media/cGF0aDovZ29wYXJhLmpwZw==/?ref=

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