ID requested for Parnara species

[butterflyrajib]

Dear Sir/Madam
Greetings from INDIA!!
I am uploading same individual of Parnara sp. for identification purpose. Species captured from Jaguli-Nadia, West Bengal, India in the month of October 2019. For me its having two small/obscured upf cellspots. I guessed its a Parnara guttata.Please guide us with id.

Regards,
Rajib Dey
Email.: rajibdey88@gmail.com

[Psyche]

It looks to be Parnara bada.
There is a lower cellspot. The upper cellspot is dubious.
P. bada may occasionally have a lower spot.

Parnara species are very difficult.

P. bada; very variable. UpF spot 3 quadrate (squarish) so that spots 2, 3, & 4 are equal distance apart.
UnH spots yellowish, often small , irregularly placed, spot 6 may or may not be present.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/93050001.html

P. ganga. UpF spot 3 somewhat rectangular ,so that spot 3 is nearer spot 2 than spot 4 ;(FW need to be in the proper perspective).
A lower cellspot may be present.
UnH spots yellowish , more often large, spot 6 usually absent.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/93040001.html
http://butterfliesvietnam.blogspot.com/2015/08/135-parnara-ganga-continental-swift.html

P. apostata UpF very dark, no cellspot ;spot 2 & 3 strongly crescentic. Spots 2, 3, & 4 equally spaced).
UnH spots whitish ,arranged in a fairly straight line. HW spot 6 usually present(may be faint or absent).
P, Malaysia.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XGMVndBIWMc/VNgK6fPe3yI/AAAAAAAAT8U/IK6RdtMpvjE/s1600/DSC_0332.JPG
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jRQ0GHCMhDc/VNgK6Xli4CI/AAAAAAAAT8Q/-v-ZP_ljD4Q/s1600/DSC_0335.JPG
India .HW without a spot 6. (Actually a brown spot 6 can be seen.)
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/1a_7/302195347db9fa9e77.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/1a_7/302195347db99e4c59.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/1a_7/302195347db90205e8.jpg


P.guttata ; UpF male with 2 cellspot; female 2 or 1, the lower cellspot absent.
UnH spots typically large ,white , arranged in a straight line & spot 6 usually present.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parnara_guttata#/media/File:ParnaraGuttata_833_3_Fitch.png
HK & Japan.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parnara_guttata_bytreef.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parnara_guttata_(on_Scabiosa_japonica).JPG


TL Seow: Cheers.

[butterflyrajib]

Thanks a lot Sir.