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Dear Dr. Seow sir
Please help me with the identification of these butterflies...
:cheers:
1. Attachment 25940
2. Attachment 25941
3. Attachment 25942
4. Attachment 25943
5. Attachment 25944
6. Attachment 25945
7. Attachment 25946
Thanks in advance...
The difficulty in your area are the wsf & dsf , forms which greatly alter the appearance of the species.
Polura athamas (I leave this as P. athamas though in India it is now Charaxes bharata.
1. Upperside band pale yellow- green & underside often strongly yellow-tinged.
2. FW strongly excavated with apex produced & sharper & distla margin more angulate at vein 2.
3. FW cell with two cellspots ,sometimes one.
4. A line drawn along the outer border of the FW band will cut most of the subapical spot.
5. Subapical spot usually quadrate.
https://www.learnaboutbutterflies.co...00360-002b.jpg
https://static.inaturalist.org/photo...jpg?1545603424
https://www.learnaboutbutterflies.co...08290-002b.jpg
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/cha/60080001.html
Some Id errors.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/#!...araxes-bharata
Polyura arja
1. ;Upperside greenish white & underside paler , much less yellow-tinged.
2. FW with distal margin straighter & apex less produced.
3. FW cell with one cellspot, sometimes none, rarely two.
4. A line drawn along the outer border of FW band include most of the subapical spot within it.
5. Subapical spot usually oblong.
https://thaibutterflies.com/wp-conte...a-1080x720.jpg
https://wingscales.com/content/record/2466-1-7d843.jpg
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/cha/60090001.html
No. 1 is P. athamas (bharata).
2 is P. arja.
3. is P. athamas.
Melanitis leda ;HW tail at vein 4 short stubby , a little longer than that at vein 2.
Upperside with two white subapical spots.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/sat/40010001.html
Melanitis phedima;
Upperiside with two white subapical spots.
FW costa very convex ;HW tail at vein 4 2X that at vein 2 ,usually broad.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...3f088a17-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me..._7/a-29253.jpg
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/sat/40020020.html
Melanitis zitenius.
Upperise with one white subapical spot.
FW costa gently cuvrd as usual; HW tail at vein 4 sharp , 2X that at vein 2.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...Saji_ae027.jpg
https://www.learnaboutbutterflies.co...08958-001a.jpg
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/sat/40030010.html
4. is Melanitis phedima.
5, 6, & 7 are Melanitis zitenius.
TL Seow: Cheers.
Thank you Seow sir for such detailed description...things become much clear now...thanks a lot