Request for ID.

[Silverstreak]

Dr. Seow ,

A friend in Sri Lanka shot this , could this be a Potanthus confucius or something else ?

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a288/SunnyChir/Bin/SNAG_Program-0785_zpsbec5da32.png (http://s13.photobucket.com/user/SunnyChir/media/Bin/SNAG_Program-0785_zpsbec5da32.png.html)

[Psyche]

It has to be a female Potanthus pallidus (P. pallida is grammatically incorrect ie. Potanthus -male gender, pallida- female gender.)

The distinctive features here are.

1. pale yellowish colour.
2. FW spot 4 & 5 strongly detached from the 3 subapical spots.
3. HW band strongly dislocated at vein vein 4 into 2 main groups of spots 2&3, and 4&5.

There are only 3 species of Potanthus in Sri Lanka ie P. pallidus, confucius & pseudomaesa.
http://www.butterfliesandmoths.net/Butterfly_Checklist.html

Both P. confucius & pseudomaesa are orange in colour & have different arrangement of spots.
http://old.hkbutterfly.org/images/Potanthus_pseudomaesa.jpg
http://old.hkbutterfly.org/images/Potanthus_confucius.jpg

The Latin word pallidus/pallida of course means pallid or pale.

TL Seow:cheers:

[Silverstreak]

On behalf of Tharaka S Priyadarshane of Sri Lanka , Thank You Very much Dr. Seow. :)