Symbrenthia

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

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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/-3mbMxJxVa...ster-FedHo.jpg
https://live.staticflickr.com/7902/3...04e424c7_b.jpg
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TnxZ7fiEF...r-AlanAng3.jpg
P. Malaysia.
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6oIrfnj_Y...0/DSC_0151.JPG
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-F0cgjhSlQ...0/DSC_0026.JPG
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cnuJHG8B7...0/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/...4.TzMIDVHN.jpg
https://a4.pbase.com/g2/25/686825/2/...0.Eg8BcQof.jpg
Thailand.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/nym/760100010.html
http://thaibutterflies.com/wp-conten...a-lilaea-2.jpg
The uppersides here from Chiang Mal are ssp lilaea.
https://live.staticflickr.com/5588/3...bf44e444_b.jpg
https://d29tlldvxtis6c.cloudfront.ne...jester4157.jpg


TL Seow: Cheers.

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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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...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/transact...p?view=theater

It is most likely the location Malaya is actually Maluku.
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aeJAUy4o7...nJester-LH.jpg



TL Seow: Cheers.