Butterflies of Vietnam

[Psyche]

Stichophthalma suffusa tonkiniana.
#34. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216452809
#35. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216452807
#36. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216452807
#37. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216333098
#38. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216333095
Also include the rest from # 39 to # 47. Correction : # 46 & 47 are S. fruhstorferi.


Two species are very similar on the underside.
They usually have a complete set of ocelli though spot 3 on both wings may be weak.

S. mathilda .
HW submarginal spots large ,inner margins often crenate, coloured orange to red-brown.
Ssp in Vietnam is mathilda.
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/ama/50290020.html
As S. louisa mathilda.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiud...n/photostream/


S. suffusa tonkiniana.
UpH submarginal spots merged with the marginal spots.
UnH submarginal spots narrow ,grey brown as the marginal spots.
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/ama/50220010.html
https://butterfliesvietnam.blogspot....onkiniana.html


TL Seow; Cheers.

[Zicky]

Stichophthalma suffusa tonkiniana.
#34. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216452809
#35. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216452807
#36. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216452807
#37. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216333098
#38. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216333095
Also include the rest from # 39 to # 47.


Two species are very similar on the underside.
They usually have a complete set of ocelli though spot 3 on both wings may be weak.

S. mathilda .
HW submarginal spots large ,inner margins often crenate, coloured orange to red-brown.
Ssp in Vietnam is mathilda.
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/ama/50290020.html
As S. louisa mathilda.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/angiud...n/photostream/


S. suffusa tonkiniana.
UpH submarginal spots merged with the marginal spots.
UnH submarginal spots narrow ,grey brown as the marginal spots.
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/ama/50220010.html
https://butterfliesvietnam.blogspot....onkiniana.html


TL Seow; Cheers.

Thanks Doctor Seow for your comments!
Would 46 and 47 be S.fruhstorferi base on your comments??

and is there any possible other halpe species in https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216324212
I note the other halpe elana photos seems rather to have a more uniform white zigzag band compared to mine

[Psyche]

Thanks Doctor Seow for your comments!
Would 46 and 47 be S.fruhstorferi base on your comments??

and is there any possible other halpe species in https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216324212
I note the other halpe elana photos seems rather to have a more uniform white zigzag band compared to mine

Your are right.
# 46 & # 47 are both S. fruhstorferi.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216324195
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216452810

I did click them both to put aside but forgot about them.

[Psyche]

# 21.https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216324212

This should be correct as Halpe elana. Correction: Halpe zola.

I have check through all the Halpe species present in Indochina.
Only five species have a typical band ie H. zema, zola, zinda , ormenes, & elana.

Halpe ormenes. UnH band ( often white )with both margins regular.( Not found in vietnam)
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/91260010.html

Halpe zema. Band yellow; Outer margin of HW band in space 2 &3 sharply deep serrated. Band usually fall short of touching the costa.
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/91250001.html

Halpe zola. Band yellow; outer margin in space 3 retain the sharp point ;in space 2 the outer margin is blunted.
HW band often reaches the costal margin.
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/91270001.html
https://thaibutterflies.com/wp-conte...Halpe-zola.jpg


Halpe zinda. UnH outer margins of whitish band in space 2 & 3 not deep serrated ,but irregularly fringed or with slight offset dentitions along veins 2 & 3.
(Not in Vietnam.)
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/91253010.html
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...158/medium.jpg

Halpe elana; UnH band yellowish ,typically narrower; outer margin of band in space 2 & 3 blunted.
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/91280001.html
https://wingscales.com/Hesperiidae/Halpe-elana


# 21 . Although it looks somewhat like the male Halpe zema at Mae Hong Son, have the band in space 2 & 3 blunted, not serrated.
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/91250001.html

The sharp serrations in space 2 & 3 ,of the band's outer margins in Halpe zema is a consistant feature.
https://thaibutterflies.com/Butterflies/halpe-zema/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halpe_...e_DSC_1917.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/si...unte_ah998.jpg


TL Seow: Cheers.

[Psyche]

correction.

#21. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216324212

Halpe zola.


Halpe elana has not been recorded from Vietnam.
https://bugs-alive.blogspot.com/2018...checklist.html
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/91280001.html
The band in H. elana is always narrow & its inner margin regular.

In Halpe zola the band is rather variable & irregular.

This image is close to the male at Sa Kaeo.
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/91270001.html

TL Seow; Cheers.

[Zicky]

correction.

#21. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216324212

Halpe zola.


Halpe elana has not been recorded from Vietnam.
https://bugs-alive.blogspot.com/2018...checklist.html
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/91280001.html
The band in H. elana is always narrow & its inner margin regular.

In Halpe zola the band is rather variable & irregular.

This image is close to the male at Sa Kaeo.
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/91270001.html

TL Seow; Cheers.

Thanks Doctor Seow! See more similarity here

[Zicky]

Hi Doctor Seow,

Revisiting some of my Vietnam pics and looking to ID some of the more tricky ones, despite being common

Euploea mulciber?
1 - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216290664
2 - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216290666
3 - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216341375
4 - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216341380
5 - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216436241
6 - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216436256
7 - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216452789

Euploea sp
8 - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216333073
9 - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216333103
10 - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216447594
11 - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216447603
12 - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216447608 (its a group of them, but refering to the center one)
13 - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216452766
14 - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216452768
15 - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216464555
16 - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216466064

Tirumala septentrionis
17 - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216333066
18 - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216452817 (the one behind the parantica)
19 - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216452849 (the one on the rock, though the one flying seems to be also the same species)
20 - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216456684
21 - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216456711

Parantica melaneus
22 - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216452749
23 - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216452798
24 - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216452820
25 - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216452847

Parantica aglea
26 - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216464553

Eurema
27 - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216462023
28 - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216333017
29 - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216263946
30 - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216263937

Melanitis leda
31 - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216434303 (much bigger than a wet season form beside, just in case im mixing any other species)
32 - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216434325
33 - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216436217

Skipping regards
Zicky

[Psyche]

Post 17.

1.https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216290664
Euploea eunice coelestis
UnF discal spot in space 2 always large.
Hw with the peripheral spots small, the submarginal series becoming farther apart upwards.
HW without discal spots.
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/dan/30800020.html

2.https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216290666
Male Euploea runice coelestis.

3. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216341375
Male Euploea eunice.

4.https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216436241
Female Euploea eunice.

5.https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216436241
Female E. eunice.

6. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216436256
Female E. eunice.


7. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216452789
Male Euploea mulciber.
FW apex bluntly produced.
Note HW with some white postydiscal streaks..diagnostic.
https://wingscales.com/Nymphalidae/E...ciber-mulciber

[Psyche]

Post 17.

8.https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216333073
Male E. mulciber. Note HW white streaks.

9.https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216333103
Left male E. mulciber.

Right male e. tulliolus.
Markings as in E. eunice.
FW discal spot 2 if visible small.
Size smaller than E. mulciber.
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/dan/30720020.html


10.https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216447594
Male Euploea modesta. UpF with one costal spot
HW with inner submarginal spots about 3 X longer than the marginal ones.Size with a more gradual taper upwards.
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/dan/30500001.html
https://wingscales.com/Nymphalidae/E...odesta-modesta

Similar.
Euploea algea. UpF with one costal spot.
UnH inner submarginal spots up to 4-5 X longer than the marginal spots. Abruptly rounded above vein 4.
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/dan/30600020.html
https://wingscales.com/Nymphalidae/E...lgea-limborgii

Euploea sylvester.
UnF usually with two costal white spots.
UnH submarginal spots mostly rounded about 2 X marginal spots.
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/dan/30680010.html
https://wingscales.com/Nymphalidae/E...ester-harrisii

[Psyche]

Post 17.

11. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216447603
Top four left to right.

Euploea mulciber.
E. tulliolus.
E. modesta.
Tirumala septentrionis.



12.https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216447608
Left to right.
E. mulciber, E. mulciber, E. tulliolus. E. tulliolus, & E. mulciber.


13.https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216452766
Uncertain.
very worn.
Shape like E. mulciber but diagnostic white streak absent.
Not E. eunice as Unf discal spot in space 2 small.
Probably Euploea tulliolus.
Correction: Wingshape sufficient to ID this as a male E. mulciber.


14 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216452768
Male E. eunice.
Note large discal spot 2.


15.https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216464555
Probably E. eunice.
UpF spot 2 is hidden.


16.https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216466064
If it is very large it is E. eunice.
E. eunice is twice the size of E. tulliolus.