Quote Originally Posted by Zicky View Post
Hi Doctor Seow,

Im looking through my Malaysia Lexias photo, and realise i completely forgotten that Lexias cyanipardus existed. I noted the the female is spotted with bluish white above, and is amazingly big compared to lexias in Singapore. Would like to hear your thoughts

Inat link - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/226674657

Skipping regards
Zicky
Lexias cyanipardus is an enigmatic species.
Tsukada have also renamed the Sundanian population as L. bangkana & the Johor population as johorensis.(He also give many new subspecific names to many butterflies in Singapore, including L. pardalis & dirtea.)

In L. cyanipardus/bangkana the male have a white apical spots & the FW marginal band is reduced to series of lunulate (crescentic) marks.
The female have the spots mostly bluish white.
Years ago there was a female taken by Ellen Tan in Panti but this is image is no longer available.
See Fleming's N128 image of female.


Lexias cyanipardus grandis from across the border in Thailand.
https://thaibutterflies.com/Butterfl...s-cyanipardus/

The only correct male is this.
Note the antennae are all black.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/235073031

This female have yellow-tipped antennae & may just be a form of L. pardalis.
It is inconceivable that the male have all black antennae & the female yellow-tipped ones.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/191553828


Female L. cyanipardua cyanipardus, India.
https://www.indiannaturetours.com/wp...rch-Duke-3.jpg


TL Seow; Cheers.