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Thread: celeno, pura or something else?

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    At the moment I am uncertain as to whether it is possible to separate pura from celeno from just the underside.

    I really was hoping someone will show an upperside no matter how blur it is , especially if it is a male. Just the edge of the outer magin(termen) will do.
    The female is much harder without looking at the upper part of the hindwing above.

    I think the alignment of hndwing striae is still very important if present for pura. Both the Palawan race (on Asahi website) & the Bruneian race shows good alignment.

    Les, your 1st is a female & could be pura & the other two are males & looks like celeno, but I cant be sure.

    The rest, all females could be pura because of darker spots & broader white striae.

    Tyoical male celeno.
    http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-68pJl9n47f...-Caeculean.jpg
    Typical female celeno
    http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...20-%20Khew.jpg

    As J. pura is not a rare species we must be missing the ID a fair bit.

    TL Seow
    Last edited by Psyche; 01-Mar-2012 at 12:17 AM. Reason: wrong image

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