Symbrenthia

[Commander]

Dr Seow, one of our members has managed to breed this. Is this typical S. hipplocus?

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[Psyche]

Yes. It is S. hippoclus.

These two can be extremely diificult to seperate.

S. lilaea is a continental species . It occurs largely in the hills in Peninsular Malaysia.


S. hippoclus is a Sundanian species ranging from Sundaland to PNG.

C7P4 states of the FW discal spot in space 3 being largely pink in S. hippoclus & orange in S. lilaea

The discal spot 3 is not the rounded pale spot but the triangular one next to it.
In good shot this can be seen to be paler. Similarly the HW discal spot 6 is paler.
On the HW the discal spot 7 which is quadrate in shape have a more obvious smudged spot on its upper outer margin.
The HW sub-basal dark fascia have a large tongue-shaped protrusion.
On the upperside. the cell band is less fractured, the subapical band more united, & the postdiscal have a distinct tail extending basad on the lower margin.

Singapore.
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3mbMxJxVapQ/XFbfOXgU0eI/AAAAAAAAVRE/42VTxOqtWlUAoEgyjmjkulUHfc26v89NwCLcBGAs/s1600/MalayanJester-FedHo.jpg
https://live.staticflickr.com/7902/31897085317_f104e424c7_b.jpg
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TnxZ7fiEFy8/XFbf4zHwNBI/AAAAAAAAVRQ/t7Wp9HCSWeEOV6QM8xmIgEzx6NsY8D9bQCLcBGAs/s1600/MalayanJester-AlanAng3.jpg
P. Malaysia.
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6oIrfnj_Y3Q/U9dsH7x0t4I/AAAAAAAAQCA/fb-u470JZ2A/s1600/DSC_0151.JPG
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-F0cgjhSlQTE/U9jLWNQxlwI/AAAAAAAAQEc/30MMGP8-iDQ/s1600/DSC_0026.JPG
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cnuJHG8B7EY/U4H7gMEa5JI/AAAAAAAAOps/F1sK9ycCEZk/s1600/DSC_0118.JPG


S lilaea.
FW discal spot 3 ( large ,triangular ,next to the round spot) is orange.
HW uppermost discal spot 7 with the outer margin clear.
The tongue on the dark sub-basal fascia small.
Upperside with the cell bar more fractured, the subapical band ;s outer spot usually detached, & the tail extension of the postdiscal band less, or absent.
P. Malaysia.
https://a4.pbase.com/g4/25/686825/2/144339754.TzMIDVHN.jpg
https://a4.pbase.com/g2/25/686825/2/149259800.Eg8BcQof.jpg
Thailand.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/nym/760100010.html
http://thaibutterflies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Symbrenthia-lilaea-lilaea-2.jpg
The uppersides here from Chiang Mal are ssp lilaea.
https://live.staticflickr.com/5588/30914263262_a3bf44e444_b.jpg
https://d29tlldvxtis6c.cloudfront.net/full/p4130038-symbrenthialilaeacommonjester4157.jpg


TL Seow: Cheers.

[Commander]

Thanks, Dr Seow! Valuable information! I'll also post the caterpillar from which those adult specimen photos came. For reference and record. It was bred on Australian Mulberry (Pipturus argentus), a host plant that has not been recorded, although it also belongs to the Urticaceae family.

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[Psyche]

Pipturus argenteus is a pest species from the Australasian region.
It is listed a a hostplant for S. hippoclus there.

There is an error in the Igarashi illustration of the life-cycle.
The Sundanian S. hippoclus is very similar to S. lilaea.

https://nlliew66butterflies.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-common-jester-symbrenthia-hippoclus.html


It is nothing like S. hippoclus in the Papuan region.
There the male have rather narrow markings & the female broad ones.
Biak, West Irian fig 3, & 4, male & female.
https://archive.org/details/transactionsofen1915roya/page/n331/mode/1up?view=theater

It is most likely the location Malaya is actually Maluku.
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aeJAUy4o7Ng/XFZMHOuGufI/AAAAAAAAVQE/Ig21Cs5V-lEJt7i6Jab6PqaxLERhvKhRACLcBGAs/s1600/MalayanJester-LH.jpg



TL Seow: Cheers.