Are both these Miletus biggsii? How to differentiate M.biggsii and M.symethus just from lower wing?
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Are both these Miletus biggsii? How to differentiate M.biggsii and M.symethus just from lower wing?
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they are both M. biggsii.
M. biggsii :Uniform groud colour; FW postdiscal spot 6 strongly shifted out from spot 5 below it.
Wings without white shading at the apices.
2 males & 2 females.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...llen%20Tan.JPG
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...%20biggsii.jpg
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...20-%20bene.jpg
http://kenanaonline.com/photos/12382...jpg?1350924688
M. symethus : FW postdiscal spot 6 in line or nearly so with spot 5 ;Apices of both wings with white shading.
2 females.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...562-copy-4.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-X-8RViE_q5...wnie-KohCH.jpg
Surprisingly no male from Singapore.
Male from Indonesia.
https://www.indonesiatravelingguide....ie-lycaenidae/
Two other species were recorded from Singapore.
Probable female M. gaesa.
FW postdiscal spot 6 in line with spot 5; Brown shading over marginal area of HW wings.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...llen%20Tan.JPG
M. gopara.
FW postdiscal spot 6 more or less in line with spot 5 ;uniform ground colour.
Probable male.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S4cUl9qpbm...wing-KohCH.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miletu...raMUpUnAC1.jpg
Probable female. The 'tail' varies in extent.
http://photobucket.com/gallery/user/...LmpwZw==/?ref=
TL Seow: Cheers.