Happy new year everyone
Would appreciate someone could id this butt.
Thanks.
Happy new year everyone
Would appreciate someone could id this butt.
Thanks.
Leonard
It looks like the rare arhopala silhetenis.![]()
cheers
Jonathan
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
Sorry I got it wrong.![]()
cheers
Jonathan
Thanks Seow for the id.
Leonard