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    Dear Dr Seow, pls help to confirm the id for the below butts.
    Thanks.

    Athyma reta moorei?
    butt-id-1.jpg

    Erionota thrax thrax?
    butt-id-2.jpg

    Potanthus trachala?
    butt-id-3.jpg
    Leonard

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    1. Athyma reta moorei .

    2. Erinota thrax thrax female.
    The lower 2/3 pf the FW outer margin is straight. Cn be very difficult to judge in photos.
    Male narrower FWs.
    http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...20-%20Khew.jpg
    Females.
    https://www.thaibutterflies.com/wp-c...x-1080x717.jpg
    http://butterfliesofamerica.com/imag..._ex_banana.jpg

    E. torus female: More rouded FWs.
    http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/med...dea21c88-1.jpg
    http://taibnet.sinica.edu.tw/uploads...%20torus_a.jpg
    http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/med..._10/tbf180.jpg


    3. I presume this is taken in Singapore.
    This is a difficult one It appears to be a new species.
    A male with the abdominal end strongly black-banded. FW spot 5 smaller than spot 4.

    It is not P. mingo which have FW spots 4 & 5 of about equal size.
    http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f3wB2A2ujB...0/_MG_1531.jpg

    It is not P. juno which have FW spot 8 (topmost) missing or vestigial.
    http://www.samuibutterflies.com/inse...nthusjunojuno/
    http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eLxO6Cqrl-...it%2BBrown.jpg

    It is not P. trachala which have FW spots 4 & 5 (of equal size) without overlapping the spots above & below; they are connected by the spikes.
    http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kvlAhJLLsd...la-tytleri.jpg

    It is not P. serina which is lightly dark-shaded, & more orangey.
    http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...serina-KSK.jpg

    It looks very similar to this P. palnia which underside generally look greenish grey.
    Range: India to SE Asia down to Sumatra, but not recorded from peninsular Malaysia.
    https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4536...eb33ea48_b.jpg

    Tentative ID. Potanthus palnia.


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    Nice catch on the A. reta. Where was that found? It's very rare in Singapore
    Aaron Soh

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    Hi Dr Seow, thanks for the id.
    Yes, the skipper was taken in S'pore.

    Hi Aaron,
    A. reta was taken inside Mandai forest.
    Leonard

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    The three other Potanthus species in Singapore all have FW spots 4 & 5 of equal size & abdominal end almost wholly yellow in the male.(female may have a bit of dark dorsal shade.)

    P. omaha males.
    http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...obby%20Mun.jpg
    http://a4.pbase.com/g4/25/686825/2/1...1.Buz1tBHC.jpg

    P. ganda male & female.
    http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-L3ew9ztkIk...thus-ganda.jpg
    https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e_HuBihng..._underside.jpg

    P. confucius. males.
    https://wingscales.com/content/record/515-1-738e1.jpg
    https://wingscales.com/content/record/514-1-f6975.jpg

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    It might just be P. juno male.
    Sometimes on the underside FW spot 8 is partially present, but on the upperside fully missing, as seen in this shot.
    http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eLxO6Cqrl-...it%2BBrown.jpg

    A female P. juno showing the fully absent FW spot 8 on the underside.
    https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WroJpPq0U...Dart-KohCH.jpg

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    Default ID Correction.

    2. is female Erionota acroleuca.
    Note the name is now correctly back to E. acroleuca instead of E. hiraca.

    In female E. acroleuca the HW patch is much wider in the lower half.
    One male & 2 females
    https://www.thaibutterflies.com/wp-c...1-1080x720.jpg
    http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oGOIfwCnqF..._female_01.jpg
    http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-s7fKLefxl0...ed-Skipper.jpg


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    Thanks again Dr Seow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sailfish View Post
    Hi Aaron, A. reta was taken inside Mandai forest.
    Thanks! I guess you were lucky coz i didn't find much the last time i was at track 15
    Aaron Soh

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    Hi Dr Seow, a few more butts id request.

    Is this Malay Baron, Euthalia monina?
    butt-id-5.jpg

    The Fulvous Pied Flat, Pseudocoladenia dan dhyana
    butt-id-6.jpg

    Which Jamides?
    butt-id-7.jpg

    Thanks U.
    Leonard

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