Un-id Lycaenid, Sarawak

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Originally Posted by Psyche

Aaron is right. It is Hypochrysops coelisparsus kerri, the only Hypochrysops in Sundaland.

TL Seow:cheers:

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thanks!

no pictures on internet for me to refer, except that wikipedia image of the set specimen.

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Originally Posted by Psyche

I think your brother was lucky enough to chance on a courting couple that had descended from the canopy.

TL Seow:cheers:

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This is a possibility. It may be just the angle the photos were taken at, but the top photo appears to have the forewing apical area more rounded than the other two. I must admit that apart from that, I can see no differences between the undersides of all 3 photos.

Lemon mentioned her brother saw two of them.

In Post 14, pic 1 & 2 represent two different individuals.
They both shows the underside of the right wings.
On the forewing, the shape of the apical silver spot & the cellend bar are different.

Pic 3 is male(wingshape), & based on the pointed lower end of the cellend bar of the forewing & the hindwing shape, is the left side of pic 2.

Pic 1 is that of a female, the hindwing is not so elongate; forewing is also noticeably rounded.

Lemon, there is no image of this species on the web except yours.

TL Seow:cheers:

thanks everyone for the info on this sp!

yes my brother saw 2 individuals in the same proximity. but fleetingly each time, and only just enough for a couple of bad angled pictures