ID requests - Sep 3, 2024

[Psyche]

#12.https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/237281318

Female Neptis omeroda.

Neptis harita.
FW postdiscal spot 2 often lunulate or with crescent margin.
UpH submarginal marking form a catenulate (chain-link like) band.
https://wingscales.com/Nymphalidae/Neptis-harita-harita

Neptis omeroda.
UpF postdiscal spot 2 quadrate.
UpH submarginal fasciae remain as lines or regular bands.
https://wingscales.com/Nymphalidae/N...meroda-omeroda

[Psyche]

#13. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/237279351

Male Allotinus.

4 species have very similar markings

A unicolor. FW 15-16mm.
FW series of spots not dislocated in the middle.
HW spot 6 rounded & placed well inside of spot 5 & 7.
Male.
https://blogger.googleusercontent.co...kwing1-KSK.jpg


Allotinus horsfieldi FW 18-23mm.
FW postdiscal spots dislocated in the middle.
HW spot 6slightly inside of spot7.
Ground light beige with ochreous brown markings.
Male.
https://thaibutterflies.com/wp-conte...ermagnus-2.jpg


Allotinus leogoron FW 18-22mm.
Similar to A. horsfieldi.
Ground whitish with darker grey brown markings.
Male.
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...555/large.jpeg


Allotinus corbeti.FW 10-11mm.
Rounded Fws. FW band dislocated.
UnH spot 6 just about under spot 7 & may merged with it.
Female.
https://thaibutterflies.com/Butterfl...tinus-corbeti/

This looks like a male Allotinus corbeti.
A. corbeti is like the tiny grass blue Zizula hylax flitting in the garden

Both A. horsfieldi & leogoron would be nearly three times bigger.

The size is the deciding factor.

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#14. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/236227835

Male Potanthus ganda.

4 species have the abdominal ends yellow.
P. pava & confucius have FW band continuous & unbroken.
They can be ruled out.

Potanthus omaha.
Both upH & UnH ave the veins lightly dark-dusted.
FW veins also darkened varyingly.
UnH lightly dark shaded ,without dark spots.
All males.
https://uforest.org/lepidoptera/imag...aha_omaha1.jpg
https://www.butterflycircle.com/chec...se_site_02.jpg
https://www.butterflycircle.com/chec...obby%20Mun.jpg


Potanthus ganda.
Veins on the HW both sides not dark-dusted.
FW veins lightly darkened.
UnH with darker shading, no spot.
Males.
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6KehhAM8g...us%2Bganda.jpg
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1337/...ac5c42d89d.jpg



#15. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/235614469

Arhopala amphimuta milleriana.
Amphimuta group, without tornal white spot.
The ist pic already show UpF with a narrow dark border as in ssp milleriana.
https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arhopa...naMUpUnAC1.jpg



#16. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/235614468

Likely Amphimuta moolaiana.

Amphimuta group with tornal white spot.
The 2nd pic though not clear seem to show the whole UpF blue.



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