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    3a Likely Caltoris malaya male.

    The pale area on the antenna is prominent in C. cormasa, bromus & cahira, but less so in C. malaya, & even less so in C. philippina.
    However the feature may be variable dependant of the flash or shot angle.

    Here the FW is raised high enough to show no upper cellspot.


    C. malaya. No cellspot Underside rusty brown in male, more ochreous in female.
    All Singapore examples.
    Males
    https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m1O18RS0-...M_adult_01.jpg
    https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...0812/large.jpg
    https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...650/large.jpeg
    https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...341/large.jpeg
    female.
    https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZFArQYADX...M_adult_04.jpg


    Caltoris bromus. More often with 2 large subapical spots rather than 3.
    FW almost always with two cellspot.
    Underside dark brown overlaid with ochreous scalings.
    Female almost always with 1 - 2 underside HW spots.
    All Singapore examples.
    https://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a...psd5aebfd1.png
    https://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d...012---7140.jpg
    https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/38212403
    https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...5527/large.jpg
    Females.
    https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...2716/large.jpg (too red)
    https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...3072/large.jpg (too red).

    https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...504/large.jpeg
    https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...513/large.jpeg

    Actual colour Female C. bromus Taiwan.
    https://c1.staticflickr.com/7/6021/6...f055cc62_z.jpg
    Last edited by Psyche; 08-May-2022 at 05:47 PM.

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