Quote Originally Posted by Painted Jezebel View Post
Thank very much for the detailed explanations, Seow.

My last two.

LD18) An Idmon species. The width of the orange band suggests I. latifascia, but then it makes me question on the id of the Idmon I saw in Maliau, http://www.samuibutterflies.com/expe...monlatifascia/, identified as that species at the time. I now wonder if it was the Bornean ssp. of I. obliquans.
LD19) My best guess is the underside of Pemara pugnans, but I am not sure.

As this is my last post on this thread, that I know of anyway, I would like to express my gratitude to LC for organising the trip, and for putting us up overnight, before and after the Tawau-KL flight, and to Marcus and Antonio for their entertaining companionship.
LD18. You are right here . This is the bona fide Idmon latifascia (=wide band). The Meliau individual is female (abdominal tip) which has wider & clearer band than the male I. obliquans.

LD 19. Agreed it is P. pugnans. The longer & gradual all black antennal club, colour shape all matched except for the missing black smudge around the subapical spots but this is variable.

LD 15. After looking hard at this I thought could this be actually an N. kurava variant as the FW submarginal spots are almost bandlike.
After looking at the Philippine ssp which comes closest to that of Borneo , I feel it is correctly N. berenice.
The inner margin is much more interrupted at the veins; spots 4 & 5 more pointy(peaked) at the middle ;HW postdiscal spot 6 not quadrate.
The upperside can be seen as a dull pale lavender. (Violet blue in N. kurava male.).

The Philippine N. berenice. (Note the female berenice appeared to be a beroe female; I think it is wrongly placed.)
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ey4y-tknm/philframe.html

TL Seow

PS. Antonio! Congrats on the rare shot of Sithon micea:cheers:
Now, if only someone has a confirmed pic of N. normani.