ID help needed

[Sailfish]

Thank you Dr.Seow

[Sailfish]

Hi Dr.Seow,

Is this Miletus symethus petronius?

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Thank you.

[Psyche]

Post 62.

Probably Miletus gopara female. Correction: Miletus biggsii.

M. symethus.
This can be eliminated because the HW postdiscal spots are crescent with rounded outer margins.
Apices of FW & HW are whitish shaded.
Male & female.
https://www.butterflycircle.com/chec...nius---Sim.jpg
https://www.butterflycircle.com/chec...562-copy-4.jpg
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc2/80270010.html


M. biggsii.
Underside more uniform & HW postdiscal spots are blocky.
UnF cellend mark is a thin line.
Male & female.
https://www.butterflycircle.com/chec...%20biggsii.jpg
https://blogger.googleusercontent.co...wnie-MarkW.jpg
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc2/80260001.html


M. gopara.
Underside with uneven shading & whitish apices as in symethus.
HW postdiscal spots part crescent & part blocky. FW postdiscal spots in line.
UnF cellend mark broad band-like.
Female with a variable 'tail' at vein 4.
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_5xBXxlKd...0/DSC_4275.JPG
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PTIaTlD5y...0/DSC_0105.JPG
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc2/80250001.html


Although the tail is not that prominent in thisfemale, comparing the FW cellend mark between gopara & biggsii seem to suggest the former.(Use the Yutaka images.)


TlSeow: cheers.

[Sailfish]

Thank you Dr.Seow,

I have enlarged the image, hope it's clearer.

[Sailfish]

Dear Dr.Seow,

I can't id this individual. Could you help?

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Thank you.

[Psyche]

63-64.
Best left as Miletus biggsii female.

The tail is not long enough to be that of M. gopara female.
The FW postdiscal band's spot 6 is dislocated.
In M. gopara this is typically in line. (Varies.)

Id features are often vague & variable in Miletus.


No. 65.
Female Hypolimnas bolina bolina.
The female is very variable.



TL Seow: Cheers.

[Sailfish]

Thank you.