Help with this Euploea ID please

[Tai LA]

Would this be a typical Euploea core? Taken in Selangor. Thank you in advance!

https://i.postimg.cc/3d9xv7zw/s5.jpg (https://postimg.cc/3d9xv7zw)

[Psyche]

Euploea is extremely difficult to ID from the underside.

Each species also have a lot of regional variations so that it is not possible to use the same species from another region (different ssp.)for comparison.


E. core have prominent subapical FW spots & can be eliminated.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/dan/30270030.html

E. midamus chloe have HW submarginal spots short at most 2- 2.5 X that of the marginal spots & the FW long & sharper.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/dan/30350010.html
https://wingscales.com/Nymphalidae/Euploea-midamus-chloe

E. algea menetriesii have the HW submarginal spots elongate to about 4x the marginal spots.Dark.FW apex more rounded.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/dan/30280010.html
https://wingscales.com/Nymphalidae/Euploea-algea-mentriesii


E. sylvester harrisii. HW submarginal spots about 2 X that of the marginal spots . UpF brilliant blue in both sexes.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/dan/30310010.html
https://wingscales.com/Nymphalidae/Euploea-sylvester-harrisii


E. modesta modesta; HW submarginal spots 2-3X that pf the marginal spots. The two series of spots tend to have a widening gap in the middle.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/dan/30240001.html
https://wingscales.com/Nymphalidae/Euploea-modesta-modesta
Female.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/qO4r9nMhiNxpiIBHK7qFFnhUSlDwNPUiQ0UKsacF1_OPhcfoFo ok15Qvbi4q2ylumctdA3nNRbLt_RbZUGI2C9DGMy156OW6k1a4 dnmD04MdZcEy0DTGbWV-bkHIoWUQDtru7g-onHWu7ACj4d_fapJFAYZLdEjybAXlIJM
http://malaysiabutterflies.myspecies.info/category/nymphalidae/nymphalidae/euploea/euploea-modesta-subspecies-modesta


This looks to be the female Euploea modesta modesta.



TL Seow: Cheers.

[Tai LA]

Thank you, Dr Seow!