Is this a Miletus symethus

[Psyche]

You do have an interesting one here.

Male ( smooth round HW margin; short labial palps; longer abdominal end) with uniform ground colour & FW postdiscal spots 5 & 6 in line.


Four species of Miletus were recorded in Singapore & it is possible all four are still extant.


Miletus biggsii.
Fw postdiscal spot 6 shifted outwards at least by half the upper margin of spot 5.
More or less uniform ,without distinct shading.
Upperside white band smaller with outer margin indented.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc2/80260001.html
https://calbutterfliesworld.blogspot...brownwing.html
Male right.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/digimania2009/3845385600
Male.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...llen%20Tan.JPG
Female.
https://static.inaturalist.org/photo.../original.jpeg




The other three species have the FW postdiscal spots 5 & 6 in line.


Miletus gopara.
Upperside white band larger, outer margin regular.
Underside almost uniform.
Female strongly tailed at vein 4.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc2/80250001.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miletu...raMUpUnAC1.jpg
Female P.Malaysia.
http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/BOPMB...1341158498.JPG
http://nlliew66butterflies.blogspot....niceville.html


Miletus gaesa.
Underside uniform with deeper brown shading in the marginal third.
Upperside largely unmarked.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc2/80213001.html
Probable female Singapore.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...llen%20Tan.JPG


Miletus symethus.
Upperside with white patch in basal half.
Underside apices of both wings strongly shaded white , at rest they aligned.
HW postdiscal spots more strongly edged in black.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc2/80270010.html
Males.
https://nss.org.sg/butterfly/photohi...s_symethus.jpg
https://static.inaturalist.org/photo...982/large.jpeg
Females.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...nius---Sim.jpg
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...562-copy-4.jpg
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...hee%20Beng.jpg



It is either the male M. gopara or gaesa.

It looks closer to male M. gopara but there are no supportive pix of the distinctive female found.

However, in flight M.gopara have a prominent white band while M. gaesa is plain brown.



TL Seow: Cheers.

PS . Most likely the male Miletus gaesa.