Halpe porus?

[Painted Jezebel]

I come across this species regularly and do not normally pay much attention to it, but this one caught my eye for one main reason.

All my photos and specimens show 2 equally sized cell spots on the upperside forewing, this appears to have only one.

Is this just standard variation?

[Psyche]

It is possible what you have is Halpe handa , which was formerly placed as a subspecies of Halpe homolea.
This is rather similar to porus but have a single upper cell spot.
Here is a picture of the Indian H. homolea.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/drsaji/3986846814/

TL Seow:cheers:

[Painted Jezebel]

Thank You. This is very interesting. I will contact you on PM or email further about this.

[Psyche]

I think I found the difference between porus & homolea/handa.

All valid pics of porus shows the pale submarginal spots on the hindwing poorly developed or tending towards obsolescence.

All valid pics of homolea/handa have the pale submarginal spots large & fairly prominent. Here is one from HK or Taiwan.
http://img.blog.163.com/photo/9L6uFfn2ug_CStBRPiaq4g==/638385247181103581.jpg

This one looks too much like porus and is probably just a variant.

TL Seow:cheers: