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Tai LA
27-Dec-2017, 02:06 PM
All these were taken at the KL Butterfly Park

1. Eurema lacteola with the single cell spot? Can it still be the Eurema andersonii without the brown apical stripe?
https://s10.postimg.org/7iix7aql1/Eurema_andersonii_andersonii_Anderson_s_Grass_Yell ow_3.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/7iix7aql1/)

2. Eurema hecabe? With two very faint cell spots
https://s10.postimg.org/rr6at45cl/Eurema_hecabe_contubernalis_Common_Grass_Yellow_8. jpg (https://postimg.org/image/rr6at45cl/)

3. I referred to the book "Butterflies of Thailand" and the closest match I could find is Eurema hecabe hecabe, with the two cell spots plus the brown subapical stripe
https://s10.postimg.org/xkgctx9d1/Eurema_hecabe_hecabe_Common_Grass_Yellow_4.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/xkgctx9d1/)

Psyche
27-Dec-2017, 07:44 PM
1. E. andersonii.

The apical markings are irrelevant; they are very variable in most species.

Both E. andersoni & lacteola have a single FW cellspot & HW spot 7 sinuous.
The only difference is that in andersoni the inner margin of the black border inspace 2 & 3 slant towards the apex.
http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/KHCBT/KHC-8237d%2B1299175934.JPG
http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist/mugshots/Eurema%20andersonii%20andersonii/Eurema%20andersonii%20andersonii%20Federick.jpg

In E. lacteola the margins in space 2 & 3 slant towards the tornus as in hecabe .
http://malaysiabutterflies.myspecies.info/sites/malaysiabutterflies.myspecies.info/files/IMG_4742.JPG
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3556/3395546708_25b32609b9_z.jpg

2 & 3 are Eurema hecabe.

TL Seow: Cheers.

Tai LA
27-Dec-2017, 10:50 PM
Thank you, Dr Seow! Wishing you a happy new year!