ID help Rapala

[anuramsh]

Id help requested.

Is this Scarlet or suffused Flash ( Female) ?
Rapala dieneces dieneces or Rapala suffusa?
USR, Singapore
30-Aug-2020

Thanks

[Psyche]

This one of those tricky one.
It should be a female Rapala dieneces.
There may be a hybrid element in this.

Rapala suffusa. ;FW postdiscal band distinctly curved or bent towards the costa.
HW orange crown obscure being yellow & similar to the ground colour.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc4/83970001.html
Confirmed males Singapore.
https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7376/9857490685_e0452d3eda_b.jpg
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4188/34357928916_217742bda1_c.jpg
https://alanowyong.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/p8090531-001.jpg?w=604
Females. Singapore.
https://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist/mugshots/Rapala%20suffusa%20barthema/Rapala-suffusa-barthema-(-Suffused-Flash)-Femaile-...-Sunny-Chir.jpg
https://a4.pbase.com/g9/25/686825/2/156641755.sRe8z1wO.jpg
https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/4483916/large.jpeg?1470659064
https://s3.amazonaws.com/production-chroma/prism-thumbnails/photos/5eacab0f3c12ef2e6c93e4a0/d17422f2f564476faac77b74107b7996.jpg-resize_then_fit-_frame_bg_color_FAFAFA-h_353-crop_width_464-gravity_center-preserve_ratio_true-w_353-crop_height_464-crop_y_90-crop_x_152_.jpg


Rapala dieneces; generally browner; FW postdiscal band straight or nearly so.
HW orange crown distinctly orange & deeper than the ground colour.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc4/84010001.html
Males Singapore.
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ca3djKvy5NY/T6ew2H0RtvI/AAAAAAAAFzU/RCwL9W3TwKY/s640/DSC0136+Scarlet+Flash.jpg
https://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist/mugshots/Rapala%20dieneces%20dieneces/Scarlet-Flash---Khew.jpg
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Nq8JtCdenzg/T6ex5MpgMGI/AAAAAAAAFzk/7O9lOYPyrcg/s1600/DSC0150+Scarlet+Flash.jpg
Females Singapore.
https://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist/mugshots/Rapala%20suffusa%20barthema/Suffused%20Flash%20-%20Nelson%20Ong.jpg
https://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist/mugshots/Rapala%20suffusa%20barthema/Suffused%20Flash%20-%20Chng.jpg
https://wanderingbutterflyeffect.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/6a0100a801ee89000e0123f180085a860f.jpg


Rapala damona. FW postdiscal band curved; Ground colour deeper orange/ochreous brown.
Males.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4687/38607975864_729e6a2623_c.jpg
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4683/38384382985_0bdd77b589_c.jpg


TL Seow;Cheers.

[anuramsh]

Thank you Dr Seow for the ID and detailed pointers.