I hope you don't mind me butting into your thread, but I would like to attach another D. theda shot, this is of a female D. t. renonga, the ssp found here. I believe that the females of this ssp show a greater amount of blue scaling on the tornal area of the upper hindwing, which can just be seen here. The sun also allows you to see the forewing patch clearly.
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Yes, the D.t.renonga does show a greater amount of blue scaling on the tornal area of the upper hindwing.
There is also some differences on the hind wing marking between the D.t .t and the D.t.n. . which I took the liberty of flipping your shot of the D.t.n as shown below.
Sunny
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Further examinations have revealed a further difference which puts my original ID of D. t. renonga into question. If you look at spaces 6 and 7 of the hindwing, the pattern is not that of D. theda, but of D. ravindra. However, I have already found D. r. moorei here (absolutely definitely), but that does not have the upper forewing markings. It looks more like D. r. boisduvalii which is supposed to be found only further North, and I've never seen the distinctive male of this ssp. but plenty of these females.