Potanthus confucius dushta

[Psyche]

Post 2.

1. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/173422473

Male Potanthus ganda .
1. The abdominal end is yellow (only 3 species in Singapore have this, namely P. omaha, ganda, & confucius.)
2. The HW band's veins are not dark-dusted.
3. FW band is crossed by light tawny veins & dark veins also run to costa from the cell.
Males P. ganda.
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama.../original.jpeg
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6KehhAM8g...us%2Bganda.jpg
Female P. ganda .Note HW veins not visible.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/166794112

Male P. omaha have veins blacken above.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...se_site_02.jpg

Male P. confucius yellow with the band continuous & veins barely darken.
https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/16984275



2. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/173422466
Male Potanthus trachala.

FW spots 4 & 5 not overlapping the subapical spost above or spot 3 below.
HW upper spot of band strongly projected out.
Abdominal end black-banded.
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kvlAhJLLs...la-tytleri.jpg



3. This gets difficult as the 4 views are identical.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/173422464
Potanthus ganda pair. Correction: Possibly P. omaha with the veins off focus.
Abdominal end yellow.
Male at top; FW veins only lightly brown. Upperside costa with two dark veins.
Upperside vein dividing subapical spot 7 & 8 incomplete. (All veins separating subapical spots 6, 7, & 8 are completely black in P. omaha.}
The male have some overlap of spot 5 & 6 but this is seen insome examples of all P. omaha, ganda, & mongo.
Female with faintly dark veins, spot 5 small.

Compare upperside P. omaha male. Veins dividing the subapical spots are completely black.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...se_site_02.jpg

The male P. confucius have the costal yellow patch complete, hardly crossed by dark veins.
Ssp. dushta.
https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/16984275
Ssp. angustatus.
https://mothimage.mauchiuan.com/imag...12163153656306

Example of P. omaha in w3hich FW spot 5 overlaps spot 6.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...se_site_01.jpg
Also P. mingo
http://nypsbluebottle.blogspot.com/2...hus-mingo.html


Of the few female P. confucius I have seen all have a large HW spot 6.
Similarly the Taiwanese ssp angustatus female also seem to have a large HW spot 6.
H.K. female.
https://old.hkls.org/images/Potanthus_confucius.jpg

Finally this shot is too dark to see the details properly.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/173420557
You can make out the veins on the FW are weak & blur, not defining the spots eg spots 4 & 5 well.
There is good overlap of thev FW spots, HW spot 6 is large.
This is a male & close to 1st male from Nan. Note not all males have large HW spot 6. Note male from Lampang is unlikely to be a male P. confucius.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/92790010.html

All male P. omahahere have no HW spot 6.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/92770001.html


TL Seow: Cheers.