Dear Doctor Seow,
Someone recently posted this eggfly, would this be a great eggfly or danaid eggfly?
suspicious eggfly.jpg
I am really confuse by the bigger egg like spot on the upperside
skipping regards
Zicky
Zick Soh
Post 157.
Male Hypolimnas bolina .
The two species can be confused mainly because in photos some examples of H. bolina seem to have large spots.
Hypolimnas bolina.
Male
1. Apical spots two rarely some extra white shadings.
2. FW discal white patch comprise three main spots, sometimes some additional white shadings.
3. HW discal white patch small ,its inner border only near the origins (bifurcation) of veins 3 & 4.
4. Underside HW white band narrow, no black bar in space 7.
Males.
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z3LwDsdXa...gflyM-KSK2.jpg
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fnKRZc_f6...ggflyM-KSK.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/si...gale_ah310.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/si...269_235327.jpg
https://static.inaturalist.org/photo...286/large.jpeg
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VzYJLSe4V...0/DSC_1148.jpg
Underside; HW narrow white band, no black bar.
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ypHe_TkoY...0/DSC_1173.jpg
Hypolimnas misippus.
Male.
1. FW with three apical spots.
2. FW discal white patch comprise five distinct spots.
3. HW white discal patch large extending well beyond the common origin of veins 3 & 4.
4. Underside HW broad white band with a black bar in space 7.
Males.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...mes%20chia.jpg
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...271/large.jpeg
https://static.inaturalist.org/photo...287/large.jpeg
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oogGzRNd8...y-NelsonO2.jpg
HYPOLIM.png
TL Seow: Cheers.
Last edited by Psyche; 10-Mar-2023 at 09:28 PM .
Dear Doctor Seow,
A couple of butterfly i require confirmation
1 - pelopidas mathias?
inat link - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/151580313
2 - Eurema simulatrix?
inat link - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/151580267
3 - potanthus with a black band on its end
inat link - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/151580250
Skipping regards
Zicky
Zick Soh
Last edited by Psyche; 21-Mar-2023 at 06:15 PM .
Dear Doctor Seow,
Had a hiring long hike today, with a couple of skippers to look for. Decided to retry using my skippers ID i learnt so far
1 - pelopidas sp? Hindwing cellspot is at the hindwing, though spots at space 6,7 and 8 seem to be a little in a arc like borbo
inat link - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/152367156
2 - telicota sp. it isnt T.colon or T.besta, so its either T.auguis or T.linna - though im not confident which
inat link - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/152367113
3 - Ancistroides nigrita?
inat link - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/152367153
Skipping regards
Zicky
Zick Soh
Post 161.
1. Pelopidas mathias male.
Underside with irregular shading, or often strongly grey tinged.
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...0206/large.jpg
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...6768/large.jpg
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...339/large.jpeg
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...3964/large.jpg
Pelopidas agna.
Underside uniformly brown/ochreous without irregular shading.
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...9/original.jpg
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...2529/large.jpg
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...0402/large.jpg
Borbo cinnara; HW without cellspot; usually 3 spots in space 2, 3, & 6 ; FW subapical spots more in a semicircle; antennal club thicker.
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...704/large.jpeg
2. Telicota besta male.
UnH with the veins lighly darken & often strongly raised.
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...4543/large.jpg
Telicota colon.
FW spots 3, 4, & 5 staggered out upwards.
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...1588/large.jpg
Telicota linna.
HW veins not darken or raised; ground dusky.
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...260/large.jpeg
Telicota augias.
Uniform deeper orange HW veins not dark; face not whitish.
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...5337/large.jpg
3. Ancistroides nigrita.
Spotless; rounded wings; pale diffuse fasciae in the marginal zone.
https://thaibutterflies.com/Butterfl...oides-nigrita/
TL Seow: Cheers.
Hi Doctor Seow
This bushbrown was ID as Mycalesis horsfieldi on inat, i would like to hear your opinion
Inat link - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/154059274
Skipping regards
Zicky
Zick Soh
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