Well done, everyone! There are lots of nice photos here. I can't get over how vibrant the colours are on that male Blue Pansy. The species also lives here in Australia but I have never seen such a brightly marked specimen. Looks like you guys had lots of fun.
I was looking for pics of Telicota females when I remembered this thread have a few. Going thru the images I realised a number of errors.
Post 1 pic 1.
With hindsight this is obviously a Parnara female, with the short stubby antennae. The antennae and underside colouration are quite different from Sunny's Parnara bada female. http://www.butterflycircle.com/forum...ad.php?t=12060
It is probably P. ganga.
Jamides. I think you are right all along, Khew. It should be J. celeno since the upperside wingtip is way too dark for J. pura, which means good alignment of the white striae need not be J. pura.
Post 8 pic 7.
The 2nd 'Pelopidas' is also a Parnara female although the antennae are a tad longer. It is not assamensis(antennae shaft white-banded), or conjunctus(hyaline spots yellow) & too dark (& hindwing spots too large) for mathias & agna.
The underside is very dark and the antennae appeared to all black as in P. apostata.
1. Great Swift Pelopidas assamensis. Typical colour spotting, white band on the antenna.
2 & 3. This is the one tentatively ided as Potanthus mingo.
Note the black spots edging the bands much as in P. trachala .
( Correction: This is actually P. trachala )
Post 2
M. perseus as Khew indicated.
Post 3
8. Large Dart P. serina female. Note disparity of the 2 spots in space 4 & 5 not so great as in the male; hindwing band here slightly aberrant.
11. Telicota colon female. : Underside yellowish & margins of spots in forewing band strongly concave.
Post 5
MaleT. colon. Note strongly concave margins of forewing spots.
TL Seow
Last edited by Psyche; 23-Aug-2011 at 02:10 AM.
Reason: correction to 2 & 3
This is an interesting one. The dart here is rather orange compared to the dull yellowish/ochre underside of P. omaha.
The hindwing band is very lightly darkened on the underside.
The periphery of both wings have the veins hardly darkened whereas in P. omaha it is strongly so.
The spot in space 8 is half that of the spots in space 6 & 7.
I believed this is Potanthus juno male.
The Jamides should J. pura.
Note the lines are perfectly in line whereas in J. celeno they are out of alignment.
The upperside is visible & the forewing tip slightly bluish and not completely black or dark brown as in the J. celeno male.
3. Contiguous Swift
5. Telicota besta female.: Note greenish yellow underside & lightly darkened veins across hindwing band.(Correction: This should be T. colon female: Note concave margins and shape of spots 4 & 5)
6. Telicota colon male: Note strongly concave margins of forewing spots.
And finally 2.P. confucius says.
Be Confused No More
For I Have Come.
Gaze Upon My Splendour And Rejoice
All Ye Who Had Abandon Hope.
Note apiculus at tip of antenna; presence of big spot in space 7 of hindwing; hindwing cell-spot not crescentic, ruling out Taractoceras.
Veins not darkened across band and forewing spots continuous; hindwing with a big spot in space 6.
TL Seow
Last edited by Psyche; 22-Aug-2011 at 12:14 PM.
Reason: Correction of 5
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