ID Help needed for Ypthima

[Blue Nawab]

Dear Dr Seow, is this Ypthima fasciata torone? Thanks!

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[Psyche]

No. It is not.

Probably Ypthima baldus.



Ypthima baldus.
Ground colour pale yellowish. Striae browner.
Ocelli usually larger & conjoined.
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pYozpj1KD...-BobbyMun2.jpg


Ypthima horsfieldi.
Ground colour whitish. Striae darker.
Ocelli usually smaller & separate.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...pair_Simon.jpg


Ypthima fasciata torone. Probably extinct in Singapore.
Full complement of ocelli more nearly aligned & usually crossed by a dark band.
Two dark inner fasciae (bands) which are straight & parallel.
https://singapore.biodiversity.onlin...336b6691c6.jpg
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0vINfvXaf...n6Ring-KSK.jpg
http://www.samuibutterflies.com/02_i...fasciata.r.jpg


TL Seow: Cheers.