Greetings from Bhutan!!!
Dear Dr. Seow,
I took this Potanthus spp at an elevation of 1500metres,can this be Potanthus trachala as well as it was taken in same location la.
https://flic.kr/p/2muYRCB
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Greetings from Bhutan!!!
Dear Dr. Seow,
I took this Potanthus spp at an elevation of 1500metres,can this be Potanthus trachala as well as it was taken in same location la.
https://flic.kr/p/2muYRCB
This one is fairly typical for Potanthus pseudomaesa clio.
FW with spotsc 4 & 5 close to the spots above & below, ie spot 4 is slightly overlapping spot 3, & spot 5 nearly touching spot 6.
Spots 2 & 3 with nearly straight margins.
HW with a prominent spot 6 (rare in P. trachala.)
P. trachala. Note HW spot 6 usually absent upperside.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xp54_a5Xd1...Bupperside.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...c574efd4-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...09765462-1.jpg
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/92730010.html
P. pseudomaesa. HW spot 6 often present upperside.
https://slbutterflies.lk/storage/app...1492795816.JPG
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...5ac1c538-1.jpg
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/92740010.html
It is possible that Potanthus 1 is also P. pseudomaesa since the abdominal end black patch is diamond-shaped.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/showt...otanthus-spp-1
This example below of P. pseudomaesa have spots 4 & 5 fully detached.
Southern India have only P. pseudomaesa, pallida, palnia, confucius & pava ie no P. trachala.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...b5d092b6-1.jpg
TL Seow: Cheers.
Thank you so much Dr.Seow��