ID requests - Peninsular Malaysia - SL LIew - July 8, 2025

[SL Liew]

HI Dr Seow,
Did you missed #17?

Location: Suling Hill, Penang Mainland - June 24, 2025


#17 Tanaecia?
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/292381050

Thanks so much for all you ids. Appreciate them.

Cheers, SL Liew

[Psyche]

17. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/292381050
Tanaecia flora flora.


T. godartii.
HW marginal blue band narrow, about a third of width of HW.
Inner border of FW and HW blue bands regular and aligned well at rest.
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847206826
https://www.gbif.org/tools/zoom/simp...23a32d6c7273fa
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2579359861


T. flora.
HW blue border wider than a third of HW.
HW blue tapers upwards, ie become3s narrower from tornus towards the upper costa.
FW and HW inner borders of blue bands aligned well at rest.
Subsoecies andersoni have black margins on the Fw.
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847205016
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847205007
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2242800920
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/5007747885


Tanaecia iapis (= cocytina).
HW blue band broad more than a third of HW width.
blue bnad of uniform width, ie does not taper upwards.
Inner borders of blue bands more irregular and incised/notched.
The inner borders do not aligned well at rest.
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847204949
https://www.gbif.org/tools/zoom/simp...620cba0f28e9c4
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/4424425657
Added. Different perspective looks .
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/5062984618
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/5007801559
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/5062984618
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/5063146907

BTW there are only T iapis and godartii on Penang Hill .
They are both common.


TL Seow: Cheers.

[SL Liew]

Thanks Dr. Seow.

Cheers, SL Liew