ID needed for Rapala

[atronox]

2. A. kinabala. Note the 3 FW postdiscal spots visible are large & wide. In A. agesias they are small.

I was more concerned with the spot at hindwing space 6 which made me quite sure that this is agesias because in kinabala this spot would be elliptical and much longer than the adjacent spots.

Thanks for the encouragement Dr Seow, i'm still trying to make sense of this huge Arhopala genus.

For the first one, inornata and alica were the first on my mind but how do you know for sure that this is not a very faded specimen of another species?

[Psyche]

I was more concerned with the spot at hindwing space 6 which made me quite sure that this is agesias because in kinabala this spot would be elliptical and much longer than the adjacent spots.

Thanks for the encouragement Dr Seow, i'm still trying to make sense of this huge Arhopala genus.

For the first one, inornata and alica were the first on my mind but how do you know for sure that this is not a very faded specimen of another species?

Unfortunately the HW spot 6 is variable.
If you look at C&P4 plate 65 /10 the kinabala shown have a rounded HW spot 6.

However you are quite right it is A. agesias.

I was comparing all the specimens shown in C&P4 & Fleming & the FW postdiscal spots were always small in agesias which what made me choose A. kinabala.
However, A. kinanbala have chocolate shadings on the HW & the FW has two costal spots in space 11.
This make the costal area crowded with spots.
Well done.

In the A. inornata case note the cilia are perfectly intact showing it is not a worn individual.
There are only 3 species without metamark ie inornata, fulla & perimuta.
The underside ruled out fulla & perimuta.
The long palpi indicates a female & the FW apex is very rounded in the female inornata.

TL Seow: Cheers.

[Psyche]

Arhopala inornata female . no metalmark ;HW postdiscal band partially broken.
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2932/...d90745fe_c.jpg

Arhopala alica female ; metalmark present; HW postdiscal band broken into irregular spots.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...caFUpUnAC1.jpg