Jamides pura pura.

[Psyche]

New material available prompt a review of this difficult species.
There is a large series of set specimens taken from the Fleming collection.
The specimens were taken from Ampang Reserve (14) The Gap, Raub(1) & Fraser's Hill(1), east of K.L.
Noteworthy the male upperside is very clean with just a thin dark FW margin.
The underside is very consistent in appearance.
The side bars on the tornal black spot can also be absent.
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/gall...on_key=1928895

Even with this new material we are hardly any closer to separating pura & celeno based on the undersides.
At best a suggestion to the likely species is the norm.

J. celeno typically have the HW striae more uniform in size eg.
All with UpF confirmation.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/200070641
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207131702
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208672306

J. pura typically have the UnF outer striaes much enhanced, but this can also be seen in celeno.

CEPU.png
The striae are best compared in the HW cell & between vein 4 & 6.

In J celeno there is a tendency to more uniformity of the striae or the postdiscal striae are slightly thicker than the cellend striae & twice thicker than the midcell striae.
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1415639758
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1415639674

In [I]J. pura[/I ]the postdiscal striae are about as thick as the submarginal striae but about twice as thick as the midcell striae.
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847200487
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847200485

Fieldshots of J. pura males.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/182613743
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/65741929
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/128283520


Singapore observations.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/132521174
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/253394808
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/130750283
Federick shot this in 2009, CCA.
https://blogger.googleusercontent.co...-Caerulean.jpg
http://peacockroyal.blogspot.com/201...t-morning.html

TL Seow: Cheers.

PS. Note several ID features are no longer consistent as to be absolute.

1. Both J. pura & zebra tend to have longer sidebars on the tornal black spot, but are not consistent.

2. The dislocation of the HW white striae across vein 6 thought to be seen only for J. zebra also occur in both pura & celeno.
eg.
Male J. celeno (Ranong) shows striae dislocated across vein 6.
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc4/81050010.html
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/pict14a/81050010_141.jpg
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/pict14a/81050010_142.jpg

Male J. pura showing similar dislocation at HW vein 6.
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847200488
https://www.gbif.org/tools/zoom/simp...324cf0714625ba