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Painted Jezebel
08-Feb-2013, 06:49 PM
I came across this photo, taken at Sam Ha Chet Waterfall, Suratthani Province on the mainland back on 11.2.2010 hiding in my Isma iapis file. I am sure I have it wrong.

Psyche
08-Feb-2013, 08:45 PM
It is an Isma female.
Similar to I. iapis but lack a cellend V-mark & have an extra whitish spot.
Worn male I. iapis.
http://m8.i.pbase.com/g4/25/686825/2/140515328.10wRxmRS.jpg

The hindwing pattern is quite similar to I. bononia, but this is a very small species.

TL Seow:cheers:

Painted Jezebel
09-Feb-2013, 08:21 AM
Thank you. It was the hindwing white spot, in particular, that had got me concerned. I remember seeing the bononia in Taman Negara back in 2011 and that was, as you say, much smaller than this.