ID request

Post 130.

1. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/332988386
This is fairly typical male Potanthus omaha.
What appear to be a dark abdominal end is part of the leaf.

Potanthus omaha.
Typical dull ochreous.
Abdominal end yellow, may be lightly shaded dark in the female.
Veins are variably darkened. UpH veins always darkened.
Ground is lightly dark shaded.
Males.
https://www.butterflycircle.com/chec...se_site_02.jpg
https://www.butterflycircle.com/chec...obby%20Mun.jpg
https://www.butterflycircle.com/chec...se_site_01.jpg
Female.
https://live.staticflickr.com/4136/4...89485d7a_b.jpg

Post 130.
2.https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/332988382
Very worn.
Pyroneura niasana.
Attachment 28954
A line thru subapical spots 6 & 7 is directed to the termen.
FW space 5 is black, without an opalescent streak.
HW vein 8 is double-sided scaled orange, iamge 1 and 3. Best viewed with smartphone & zoom.
Antennal shaft is partially white.
Vein stripes are reddish when fresh.
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/5139956128
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847175418


P. derna is very similar on the UnF.
HW vein 8 is only scaled orange on the underside, and the antennal shaft is wholly black.
https://blogger.googleusercontent.co...0/DSC_0179.JPG

Post 130.
3. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/332988377
Arhopala zambra.
Attachment 28955
FW spot 9 in line with the rest and often as wide as spot 6 below it.
Costal spot 10 always in line with the cellend bar and often as wide.
FW postdiscal band is partially dilocated at vein 4 (ie below spot 4) 2nd image.Postdiscal spot 3 may be reduced.
Typical wide spots form.
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847202965
Forms with narrow spots.
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847202676
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847202964


A. cleander is very similar.
FW spot 9 in line with the rest but never wider.
FW postdiscal band not dislocated at vein 4.
Costal spot 10 always small and not in line with the cellend bar.
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847198620
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847198628
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847198372

Post 130.
4. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/332988366
Hypolycaena phemis.

H. phemis was placed under H. amabilis in C&P4.
Eliot later provide a key for the separation of H. amabilis and phemis from H. merguia.

In H. meguia HW marginal spot 2 is edged in orange on its inner/lower margin. This represent vein 2.
The black spot in space 1a have silver dcaling but this is impossible to see.
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/4405041160
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/4405104231
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847201730
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847202014


Both H amabilis & phemis lack this orange edging on marginal spot 2 ( nor the silver scaling on spot 1a.)

H. amabilis .
HW always with a black marginal spot 6, HW apex whitish.
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847201694
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847201702
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847201700

H. phemis.
HW without a marginal spot 6 or only vaquely so
HW apex is tinged orange.
(Note in the past under H. amabilis.)
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847201672
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847201692
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847201674
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847201693

There are more examples of H. phemis than amabilis, indicating it is probably the commoner species.

Post 130.
5. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/331546094
Male Lethe mekara.
The white band and the dark fascia which expands along the FW costa is that of the male Lethe mekara.
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/sat/40240020.html



TL Seow: Cheers.

Thanks for the IDs Dr. Seow, could you help with these from Pahang highlands? Elevation around 1000m.
1. Baoris chapmani?
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/333389773
2. Arhopala?
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/333389769
3. Telicota?
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/333389760
4. Cigaritis kutu/seliga? The disconnected bands suggest kutu, but it is rather red.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/333389763
5. Telicota?
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/333389759

Post 136.

1.https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/333389773
Probably B. oceia.
Baoris chapmani is only known with certainty from Kedawi ( northern Kedah, Perlis and Langkawi.
They can only be separated by genitalia examination.
B. oceia also have formswith much reduction of th e spots.



2.https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/333389769
Too blur to see the marks Looks like a member of the amphimuta group.

Post 136.
3.https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/333389760
Male Telicota linna.
Attachment 28957
Male with base of space 2 black (pic 2). brand straight; Underside HW veins not dark -dusted across band.(pic 3)
https://blogger.googleusercontent.co...Horace-Tan.jpg

T. hilda have UnH veins across band distinctly darkened.
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847177153

T. bambusae's record in P. Malaysia is doubtful.
It is a smaller species with shorter FW and the FW band rather broad.
FW 15mm. vs 18/19 mm in linna & hilda.
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/92940001.html

Post 136
4.https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/333389763
Added. Inadvertently left out.
Cigaritis kutu.
Attachment 28958

The four similar species are best IDed as follow.


A. Smaller species shorter FWs, FW pale(white) submarginal band (correctly the intervening space)relatively broad; HW submarginal band not reaching costa.

C. lohita senama FW short postdiscal bands converge into a V. FW cell base with an inverted V mark.
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847200366
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847200365
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc4c/8c017020.html
https://wingscales.com/Lycaenidae/Sp...-lohita-senama
Different ssp. have different variations in the bands.

C. syama. FW short postdiscal bands more or less parallel, FW cell cell base with a simple club mark.
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847200376
https://www.gbif.org/tools/zoom/simp...9c092939733eff


B. Larger with longer FWs; FW submarginal pale band (intervening space) typically rather narrow; marginal pale band often sullied ;HW submarginal band reaches costa, fully so in kutu.

C. seliga. FW postdiscal short bands convergent to a V;
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc4c/8c019001.html
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847202323
https://thaibutterflies.com/Butterfl...ndasis-seliga/

C. kutu .FW short postdiscal bands nearly parallel; HW submarginal band reaches the costa fully.
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847202348
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847200329
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847200323


5.https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/333389759
Telicota linna or hilda.
Probably T. linna.


TL Seow; Cheers.

So what is your opinion on the Cigaritis? Thanks.