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Alan Yip
24-Mar-2021, 05:54 PM
1. Tagiades japetus?
Chiang Mai, Thailand
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51065734231_49e15c7c24_c.jpg

2. Tagiades parra?
Chiang Mai, Thailand
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51065051898_70f9c010cf_c.jpg

3. Tagiades sp.??
Sabah, Malaysia
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51065861422_681131a32f_c.jpg

Thanks!

Psyche
24-Mar-2021, 07:08 PM
1. Tagiades japetus atticus.
HW totally brown ;FW with discal spots 2 & 3 & 3 subapical spots 6, 7, & 8.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/90820010.html
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/90820020.html



2. Tagiades gana ssp ?athos.
HW without marginal spots ;FW without discal spots.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/2018/829_25825-996-5a813f8899d54-1.jpg

http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/90830010.html
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/90830001.html


3 Tagiades gana gana female.
The HW have a tiny black spot at vein 1b, which is always present in T. parra & rarely in T. gana.
The white area is too narrow to be T. parra.

Singapore female. (HW black spot at vein 2, none on vein 1b.)
http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist/mugshots/Tagiades%20gana%20gana/Large%20Snow%20Flat%20-%20Sum%20Chee%20Ming.jpg
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/90830001.html


The white area in T. parra is larger.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/90840020.html
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/90840010.html


TL Seow: Cheers.