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    Default Celestrina lavendularis and Udara placidula.

    These two are very similar and seem to have been much confused.

    Celastrina lavendularis.
    the key separate Celestrina based on the darker ground and prominent white rings around the spots.
    However, in P. Malaysia there is only C. levandularis to contend with.
    Underside ground darkish grey with prominent white rings around the spots.
    UnH spot 7 and sub-basal spots very dark.
    UnH submarginal lunulate line often rather pointy.
    HW marginal spots often heavy.
    Forms with smaller spots also occur.
    https://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc4/80870020.html
    https://wingscales.com/Lycaenidae/Ce...laris-isabella
    https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847200101
    https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847199548
    https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847199548
    https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/4177487516
    https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/181049771


    Udara placidula.
    Udara species care marked as in Celestrina.
    U. placidula is greyer than U. dilecta and have HW spot 7 blacker and darker than the other postdiscal spots.
    The general appearance is like C. lavendularis.
    However the white rings are only weakly developed.
    UpF male with a very narrow border.
    HW submarginal lunules more rounded.
    https://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc4/80770010.html
    https://thaibutterflies.com/Butterfl...ara-placidula/
    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F...laFUpUnAC1.jpg
    https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...aMFUpUnAC1.jpg
    https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/214331294

    The two museum specimens have some problem.
    1. This lack submarginal spots and look to be U. camenae.
    https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847201798
    2. The male upperside looks correct, but the UnH spot 7 is pale.
    https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847201795

    Added. found valid specimens.
    https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847202355
    https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847201800
    https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847201794
    Last edited by Psyche; 20-Apr-2025 at 12:07 PM.

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