Thanks Dr Seow!
Originally Posted by Psyche
Post 58.
I think it is fair to leave it as you have labelled it.
Yutaka have shown that two taxa bhavara & malayana overlaps in a large area in Inddochina.
However, it is not as simple as that.
The difference between the two appeared to be very slight.
Taxon bhavara have a duller weaker blue-green sheen & the white band tends to have streaky outer margin.
Taxon malayana have deeper blue sheen & a thin white band.
There are individual variations & it can be difficult to be sure which is what.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/90220020.html
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/90220010.html
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/med...akar_ap099.jpg
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8388/8...d3bb075b_z.jpg
There is no consensus at the moment & many authors do not accept malayana as a full species.
Eg. as stated in Yutaka H. malayana is found in HK (ie. no taminatus there) but the the Hasora there is called H. taminatus.
http://www.biosch.hku.hk/ecology/por...rt-skipper.htm
TL Seow
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