ID Request - Peninsular Malaysiaa from RY of Kuala Lumpur - Mar 21, 2025

[Psyche]

6.https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/212551816
Too blur.


7. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/188986400
Very likely Female Potanthus ganda.


Abdominal end yellow. ie without a black band.
So three spp. to consider, O. omaha, ganda & confucius.

P. omaha
UnH veins across band dark-disted.
Ground lightly shaded , with definitive spots.
Female.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/215205369
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/253619236


P. ganda.
Underside ground dark-shaded, no defined spot.
Veins across HW band not or barely dark-dusted.
Female.
https://www.butterflycircle.com/chec...t_Adult_02.jpg

P. confucius.
UnF band often continuous especially in the male, with good overlaps.
HW veins across band not dark-dusted.
Ground very lightly dark, bands edged with dark spots.
Female.
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...piY3tRAq5a4w&s



8.https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/199180326
Likely to be Halpe zinda

Two species have the HW band strongly angled out at the tornus.
There are.
H. zema. HW band outer margin strongly serrated, yellowish.
At rest the lower part is angled out more because of the folding effect.
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/91250010.html
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...e_DSC_1917.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/si...unte_ah998.jpg
https://indiabiodiversity.org/files-...20zema/163.jpg

Halpe elana.
Band narrow , outer margin very irregular.
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/91280001.html
https://thaibutterflies.com/Butterflies/halpe-elana/



The next two have the band's lower end less extended & angled but at rest because of the fold also appeared rather angled.
The bands tend to be whitish, the outer margin more regular.

H. ormenes.
Band rather broad.
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/91260010.html
https://thaibutterflies.com/wp-conte...pe-ormenes.jpg

H. zinda.
Band narrower, resembling that in zema.
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/91253010.html
This observation below also looks to be this species.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/6494...3720832815797/

[Psyche]

9.https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/255752757
Tanaecia munda male.

HW arrowheads strongly zigzag, nearer to margin.
FW & HW arrowheads long.
HW white extensively in the marginal zone.
Male.
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847205906
Female.
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847207236

T. palguna.
Male FW arrowheads shorter nearer margin. HW arrowheads nearer margin..
Male
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847206218
Female.
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847207241



10.https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/175898689
Curetis santana.
HW postdiscal spot 6 & 7 in line.
HW submarginal spots 6 & 7 dislocated & out of line.
Legs banded red/orange.



11.https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/260157408
Female Nacaduba kurava.
FW submarginal spots all rounded & broad.

female N. calauria (right)
Only FW submarginal spots with sharp points, the rest semi-rectangualr.
https://www.butterflycircle.com/chec...llen%20Tan.JPG



12.https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/67230492
Notocrypta paralysos.
Presence of a spot 4 not seen in quedara.
White band not reaching FW costa fully.



13.https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/179091223
Oriens gola.
The sinuous FW band is diagnostic.


14. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/199180325
Curetis sperthis.
The ground is marked with some black dots.... santana group, but the FW band is parallel to the margin.
Legs are banded red/orange.
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847199180

[Psyche]

15.https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/188986397
Pantoporia paraka.
P. paraka have very broad orange bands on the underside.
https://wingscales.com/Nymphalidae/P...-paraka-paraka


16.https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/233627472
Poritia sumatrae.
Cinnamon brown markings on a pale ground colour.
https://wingscales.com/Lycaenidae/Po...atrae-sumatrae

[Psyche]

17.https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/179465240

Lasippa tiga male.

Lasippa tiga.
FW orange submarginal spot 3 is twice as wide as the rest of the spots/band.
Viewed in the set position.
https://www.gbif.org/tools/zoom/simp...44cfc4acbfa1b4

Lasippa heliodore.
FW orange submarginal spot 3 about as wide as spot 4 above it.
In the female submarginal spot 3 is a little wider than spot 4.
Both are wider than spot 2.
The spot at the FW cellend is welledged in black.
Male
https://www.gbif.org/tools/zoom/simp...ac78e9f7ac6a29
Female.
https://www.gbif.org/tools/zoom/simp...15ef5c1198598d

[Psyche]

18.https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/233627479
Male Horaga syrinx.

Four species have a very similar appearance.
The two larger species H. onyx & syrinx have the fore-tibiae banded black.
The two much smaller spp. H. albimacula & chacedonyx have the fore-tibiae largely white.

H. onyx .
UnF white spot broad with a distinct notch.
HW postdiscal band/line extend across vein 11a to the margin.
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847199899
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847199900
https://www.butterflycircle.com/chec...a_sp_adult.jpg

H. syrinx.
FW spot narrower ,less notched.
HW postdiscal line falls short of crossing vein 1a.
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847199957
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847199929
https://www.butterflycircle.com/chec...20-%20Khew.jpg
https://www.butterflycircle.com/chec...wbutterfly/169

The two small species have the foretibiae partially white.
H. albimacula.
https://www.butterflycircle.com/chec...raga_sp_01.jpg
H. chacedonyx.
https://www.butterflycircle.com/chec...nyx_HTan01.jpg

[Psyche]

19. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/260157418

female Tajuria cippus.

The two have similar markings.

Tajuria cippus.
FW postdiscal spts mostly lunulate (crescentic) & well-separated.
HW orange patch small & partly defined by a weak dark line.
Eyes black.
Male.
https://www.butterflycircle.com/chec...%20Mun%201.jpg
Female.
https://www.butterflycircle.com/chec...ck%20Royal%20-
%20Tan%20CP.jpg


Pratapa deva.
FW postdiscal spots composed of short streaks aligned closely.
HW orange patched large & diffuse reaching the postdiscal spots.
Eyes light greenish grey.
Male
https://www.butterflycircle.com/chec...race%20Tan.jpg
female.
https://www.butterflycircle.com/chec...lson%20Ong.jpg

[Psyche]

20.https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/229697761

Arhopala silhetensis.Male.
this is a large species & so the markings appear to be narrow & widely separated.
The markings are as for the cleander group.
FW band spot 4 not dislocated & HW postdiscal band fully dislocated at vein 2.
HW spot 7 sinuous in shape & spot 6 is often free-hanging.
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc4f/82240010.html
https://wingscales.com/Lycaenidae/Ar...etensis-adorea
https://www.butterflycircle.com/chec...-%20horace.jpg



21.https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/233217033

Male Lexias dirtea.
Antennae fully black above.

Lexias cyanipardus sandakana
This is better treated as a separate species from the mainland L. cyanipardus.
It also have partially orange antennal clubs whereas those of L. cyanipardus are wholly black above.
It has been upgraded by some authors as L. bangkana.
L. bangkana.
Antennal club partially orange.
FW marginal band reduced to a series of lunules.
Apex with a white spot.
Female with bluish-white spots.
Largely confined to SE Johor.
Male.
https://inaturalist.ca/observations/235073031
Female.
https://inaturalist.ca/observations/191553828