Quote Originally Posted by Psyche View Post
Since you mentioned kausamboides, I was wondering if the ssp. in Samui is this ssp., a relic of the Sundainian form not over-run by maya on the mainland.
You can see the maya ssp. female on the Yutaka website is different (wrongly labelled).
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/rio/8a210020.html

TL Seow
My mistake, I meant to say A. kausambi! This is what happens when I type without a book in front of me. Before anyone replies regarding this one, I know that the forewing postdiscal band is straight(er) for this sp.

However, according to both Pinratana and Ek-Amnuay, A. s. kausamboides is only found in the Yala area of Thailand. Yutaka's map also suggests that mine should be A. s. maya. I am happy with this.

According to Pinratana, all three subspecies found in Thailand can only be distinguished by minor variations to the male genitalia, while Ek-Amnuay states that for the three subspecies, they can be distinguished by the width of the forewing discal bands in the males, A. s. meta the widest, then maya with kausamboides the thinnest (a North-South movement). If I lived further south, then I think I would have a 'which ssp.?' quandry. At least, in Singapore and Malaya you only have one ssp. to worry about.