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  1. #1
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    Happy new year everyone
    Would appreciate someone could id this butt.
    Thanks.
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    Leonard

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    It looks like the rare arhopala silhetenis.
    cheers
    Jonathan

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    This is one of those tricky one.

    It belongs to the alea subgroup of the cleander group.

    The species in Singapore are A. sublustris, milleri, phanda, & normani.

    Both phanda & normani have the hindwing postdiscal spot in space 6 more or less quadrate and overlapping the cellend bar. They have the postdical band in space 4 & 5 very close to the submarginal spots.
    They can be discounted.

    The other two have the postdiscal spot in space 6 wider at the top & narrowed at the bottom; the postdiscal band may/may not be near to the submarginal spots.
    In milleri the spot overlaps the cellend bar, the middle portion of the forewing termen is more convex.C&P4 pl51/40,pl67/11, Fleming L211A.

    In sublustris the spot do not/or slightly overlap the cellend bar and the middle portion of the forewing termen is straight.C&P4 pl51/39, pl67/10, Fleming L211B.

    Thus this is very likely A. sublustris female.

    TL Seow
    Last edited by Psyche; 02-Jan-2012 at 12:15 AM. Reason: wrong word

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    Sorry I got it wrong.
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    Jonathan

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    Thanks Seow for the id.
    Leonard

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