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1. Female Lasippa heliodore.

2. Female Lasippa tiga.

Lasippa heliodore.
FW submarginal spot 3 spot 3 as wide as spot 4 ,& both twice as wide as spot 2.
Tongue spot at cellend often better delineated in black
Males.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/102081774
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144489127
Females
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/143711454
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/159796253
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/162280010


Lasippa tiga
FW cellend tongue spot often less defined.
FW submarginal spot 3 twice as wide as spot 2 & 4.
Male.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/174888488
Female.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/173761163

Lasippa tiga is very common while L. heliodore is rather rare.


The spots are described in the set position, ie a set specimen.
The numbering of the spot are as for the species.

It is tempting to describe spot 3 as taller than spot 2 or 4.
Describing as you like soon leads to complications.
I have read some descriptions of species in Wikipedia by citizen scientists & find them incomprehensible.