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Blue Nawab
11-May-2018, 09:43 PM
Dear Dr Seow,
what's the id for the ufo below? Thanks!
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/951/41992882642_80a94ae453_b_d.jpg

Psyche
11-May-2018, 10:46 PM
It is a female Nacaduba sanaya elioti
The submarginal spots are unusually large here.

Nacaduba sanaya.
Dark sriae within the bands poorly developed or absent; FW postdiscal band dislocated near upper end at vein 6.
HW submarginal band with rounded inner margins; HW black spot without any metallic blue scale.
Females.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TbqxcQ50Shw/UYprdEbfx7I/AAAAAAAAKD0/hj9dIUlB2M0/s1600/HFH4470+Nacaduba+sanaya+elioti+(Jewel+Four-Line+Blue).jpg
http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist/mugshots/Nacaduba%20sanaya%20elioti/jewel%204%20line%20blue%20-%20horace%20tan.jpg
Males.
http://photobucket.com/gallery/user/SunnyChir/media/bWVkaWFJZDoxNzQyNTAyMjM=/?ref=
http://www.besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/Jewel-Fourline-Blue-Nacaduba-sanaya-elioti-LenaChow.jpg

Also recorded in Singapore in the past.
Nacaduba hermus swatipa.
Dark striae within bands weak or absent (as in sanaya. );FW postdiscal band without dislocation.
HW submarginal spots with rounded inner margins (as in sanaya.); HW black spot marked with metallic scales.
Two males.
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oYUpNLP4nPg/V1NvbiCF0FI/AAAAAAAAaKA/hIfJ4nXQbM0Gad2DQ0OdBLBADFfCNaCmwCLcB/s1600/DSC_2636.JPG
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EvYfAiVFYgQ/V0t61nHlERI/AAAAAAAAZ68/f1VbV4iq48sTWD0yjzPfbrHqrnpIdFitgCLcB/s400/DSC_1760.JPG

Very similar sometimes & easily confused.
Nacaduba pactolus.
Dark striae weak or absent ( as in sanaya ). FW postdiscal band without any dislocation; white striae may be fuzzy, diffuse, especially in the female.
HW submarginal spots with straight ('flat') inner margins, spot 6 quadrate or rectangular ; HW black spots strongly streaked with metallic blue scales.
Male & female.
https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1104/1049142640_51d8e5a3e9.jpg
http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist/mugshots/Nacaduba%20pactolus%20odon/Nacaduba%20pactolus%20odon%202%20-%20Sunny.jpg


TL Seow : Cheers.