Need Id from Meghalaya

[Saffron]

Dear Dr. Seow sir
Please help me with the identification of these butterflies...
:cheers:

1. 25940



2. 25941



3. 25942



4. 25943



5. 25944



6. 25945



7. 25946



Thanks in advance...

[Psyche]

The difficulty in your area are the wsf & dsf , forms which greatly alter the appearance of the species.


Polura athamas (I leave this as P. athamas though in India it is now Charaxes bharata.
1. Upperside band pale yellow- green & underside often strongly yellow-tinged.
2. FW strongly excavated with apex produced & sharper & distla margin more angulate at vein 2.
3. FW cell with two cellspots ,sometimes one.
4. A line drawn along the outer border of the FW band will cut most of the subapical spot.
5. Subapical spot usually quadrate.
https://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Polyura%20athamas%200360-002b.jpg
https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/1873721/original.jpg?1545603424
https://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Polyura%20athamas%208290-002b.jpg
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/cha/60080001.html
Some Id errors.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/#!/sp/571/Charaxes-bharata


Polyura arja
1. ;Upperside greenish white & underside paler , much less yellow-tinged.
2. FW with distal margin straighter & apex less produced.
3. FW cell with one cellspot, sometimes none, rarely two.
4. A line drawn along the outer border of FW band include most of the subapical spot within it.
5. Subapical spot usually oblong.
https://thaibutterflies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Polyura-arja-1080x720.jpg
https://wingscales.com/content/record/2466-1-7d843.jpg
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/cha/60090001.html


No. 1 is P. athamas (bharata).

2 is P. arja.

3. is P. athamas.

[Psyche]

Melanitis leda ;HW tail at vein 4 short stubby , a little longer than that at vein 2.
Upperside with two white subapical spots.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/sat/40010001.html


Melanitis phedima;
Upperiside with two white subapical spots.
FW costa very convex ;HW tail at vein 4 2X that at vein 2 ,usually broad.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/2017/95_17356-31-58d033f088a17-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/1a_7/a-29253.jpg
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/sat/40020020.html

Melanitis zitenius.
Upperise with one white subapical spot.
FW costa gently cuvrd as usual; HW tail at vein 4 sharp , 2X that at vein 2.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/MelanitisZitenius/02MelanitisZitenius_KSaji_ae027.jpg
https://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Melanitis%20zitenius%208958-001a.jpg
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/sat/40030010.html

4. is Melanitis phedima.

5, 6, & 7 are Melanitis zitenius.


TL Seow: Cheers.

[Saffron]

Thank you Seow sir for such detailed description...things become much clear now...thanks a lot