Doubtful IDs from Nepal

[Nawab]

Thank you, sir. I think this is a typical Pelopidas conjuncta. Could you have a look please?
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[Psyche]

Female Pelopidas mathias.
The ground colour is strongly grey with marginal pale shading.
There is a spot 7 which is not present in P. conjuncta.
https://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/lif...idas/sp-2v.jpg

P. conjuncta (= conjunctus).
Much larger.
FW spots large & yellowish.
HW spots whitish, typically spots 2, 3, 4, & 6.Spot 7 is absent.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...ce71c40c-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...580c9a98-1.jpg
Singapore ssp conjuncta male & female.
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FvDO3Lfw_...lt_Khew_03.jpg
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MmIILLLpQ...Anthony_01.jpg


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[Nawab]

Thank you, sir. I mainly thought P. conjuncta because of the purplish gloss it has and yellowish FW spots. Perhaps this one is P. agna then. Fond on same location, same time. This too appears purplish. Never seen P. mathias or P. agna this color before. Or maybe it's just my eyes. :D
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[Psyche]

Post 43.

Pelopidas agna is right.

P. mathias ;
Underside shaded unevevnly with the marginal zones paler.
Males with FW spots 2 & 3 quadrate.
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vqr7KmROf...perside_01.jpg
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0EK80AsaR...nded+Swift.jpg
female.
https://www.butterflycircle.com/chec...hee%20Ming.jpg


P. agna.
Underside evenly brown.
Male with FW spots 2 & 3 narrow.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...oman_ag262.jpg
https://www.butterflycircle.com/chec...Horace-Tan.jpg
female.
https://live.staticflickr.com/579/22...f00c7df8_b.jpg


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[Nawab]

This individual is confusing me. Cannot be Potanthus, looks strange for Telicota or Oriens. Could it be Cephrenes?
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[Psyche]

Post 45.

Female Telicota bambusae.

Telicota species lack a HW spot 7 seen in Potanthus.
Females are darker ,the FW cellmark have a 'black hole' in it.

Female T. bambusae .FW cellend bars both long.
Male & female.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...Saji_ad012.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...gale_an075.jpg

Female T. colon ;FW cellend bars unequal ; FW spots 4 & 5 detached & distorted in shape.
Two females.
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...KvYdw&usqp=CAU
https://lepidoptera.eu/minipic/25377/1/2018-04-08


Female T. linna';Both FW cellend bars short.
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GfwkAkMIT...male_up_01.jpg

Female T. besta ;FW cellend unequal, the upper much longer; Spots 4 & 5 normal shape.
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-P5w37zUj7...male_up_01.jpg



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[Nawab]

Thank you so much, sir. T. bambusae makes sense. Had never seen Telicota with discontinuous band before.

[Nawab]

Which Tarucus? I think T. nara but has some anomalities.

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[Psyche]

Post 48.

Most likely Tarucus venosus.

Of the Tarucus that are similar T. indicus & balkanicus are found mostly in the west & south.

Of T nara the typical form range from S. India to Bengal, while two synonyms extricatus & alternatus are mostly western.

The form of T. nara have the HW discal spots less irregular & rougly form 3 bands.
Typical male & underside.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...ekar_ai948.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...ekar_ai949.jpg


T. venosus; HW discal spots irregular & disorganised.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...11/a-28798.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...11/a-28796.jpg


All the Taracus species. fig 2 T. venosus. Note chaotic arrangement of HW spots.
https://archive.org/stream/transacti.../n371/mode/1up


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[Nawab]

Symbrenthia brabira?
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