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chengailim
23-May-2021, 12:59 AM
Dear Dr Seow,

Please confirm which Nacaduba is this?

27018


Also, need your ID help for this skipper, please!
27020
27019



Thanks,

Regards
Cheng Ai

Psyche
23-May-2021, 01:30 AM
1. Female Nacaduba kurava.
FW postdiscal band typically straight & entire.
The submarginal spots are often large with rounded margins.
Female UpF blue have a white apical area.
Examples from different countries.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/NacadubaKurava/29NacadubaKurava_KSaji_ae302.jpg
Malaya.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Cm9PS58V6Yw/VIuEupeQzeI/AAAAAAAASOE/h2pQztmSeiQ/s1600/DSC_0206.JPG

Possible confusion with female N. calauria . The submarginal spots especially spots 4 & 5 are pointy.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist/mugshots/Nacaduba%20calauria%20malayica/Nacaduba-calauria-malayica---2--.jpg


2. Pemara pugnans.
FW yellow spots clustered together.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/92180001.html

TL Seow: Cheers.

PS Added for comparison.
Female N. berenice.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist/mugshots/Nacaduba%20calauria%20malayica/Nacaduba-calauria-malayica-(Female)-...-Sunny-Chir.jpg
https://live.staticflickr.com/5251/5448865696_dc79f98942_b.jpg
Female N. beroe.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist/mugshots/Nacaduba%20beroe%20neon/Sunny-Chir---EOS-1D-Mark-III--13_08_2011--0115_1-copy-4.jpg
Female .N. kurava
https://wanderingbutterflyeffect.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/6a0100a801ee89000e00fad6b787da0005.jpg
Female N. calauria.
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQwFeL05KzinpQPMHs8VWwdrKeut6fY_ BgGtbaLMI_1HNfQPVEzIg3lcdooJJabV2gaGjg&usqp=CAU

chengailim
23-May-2021, 02:44 AM
Thanks, Dr Seow.