Two shots of the same individual at Pulau Ubin with a very much reduced subapical spot in space 8. However, the darkened veins suggest an aberrant P. omaha?
The underside is heavily dusted though. What's your opinion, Seow? A P. juno?
This is a real tricky one.
It actually looks like it might be a cross between juno & omaha.
The veins are not quite as dark as in typical omaha, but the forewing is out of focus. Upperside hindwing veins are not distinct.
There is a fair bit of black shading on the forewing & hindwing and the distribution is that of juno though not so clear cut as in Horace's 2 examples.
After looking at Federick's thread which shows a more typical omaha this should be juno.
TL Seow
PS. In looking at images of omaha, there are examples in which there is a fair degree of black dusting & comes close to this Potanthus. However, the subapical spots have the veins more clearly delineated.
There is always a possibility this one have some mixed blood in it.
Last edited by Psyche; 09-Jan-2012 at 08:35 AM.
Reason: PS
After looking at this for some times, I am still uncertain as to what it really is.
However, the one from Pulau Tekong in post 2 is definitely P. juno.
Thanks, Seow. Looking at all these lookalikes would have made many of us cross-eyed!
I believe the variability of some of the species in this genus is very wide, hence we end up with some overlapping 'hybrids'. Needs a lot more photos to be taken (and better if with voucher specimens) to narrow down the IDs. But I agree with you that some of the shots that we have are highly likely to be juno.
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