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Angiud
11-Aug-2018, 11:10 AM
Usually in the long trail going to this beautiful waterfall is common what I think is Isma bononia bononia,


https://farm1.staticflickr.com/851/43730602921_218efa016f_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/29CjLGr)
The Lesser Long-spot Flitter - Isma bononia bononia (https://flic.kr/p/29CjLGr)





but this one looks a bit different (I.umbrosa?). Usually now for this kind of butterflies I try to capture to have a certain identification, but this one managed to escape :bsmile:


https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1779/43066110245_122b5a3267_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/28BB5ba)
Isma sp. (https://flic.kr/p/28BB5ba)




For your information, this is instead is


https://farm1.staticflickr.com/913/43643693091_f12f197cc3_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/29uDkr6)

The Ciliate Long-horned Flitter - Isma iapis iapis (https://flic.kr/p/29uDkr6)


and this is


https://farm1.staticflickr.com/942/29711526918_fef1fd3572_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/MgvkPu)

The Bicolour Long-horned Flitter - Isma protoclea obscura (https://flic.kr/p/MgvkPu)


same location, managed to analyze the specimens.

Psyche
12-Aug-2018, 12:44 AM
The Isma are tough to IDed by the underside alone.

Your 2nd image is probably I. damocles female.

The antennal white spot in I. umbrosa is a dot.
I. um
brosa male & female.
Male.
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PpIazU0zFiY/VK5-a-Jgd7I/AAAAAAAATaA/wB2B98WR1kg/s1600/DSC_0258.JPG
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SAXTD_uN0Hw/VK6AlZ1nGUI/AAAAAAAATaM/YoQSw1XNQ54/s1600/DSC_0261.JPG
female.
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CrxbUgZd0S4/VK5swvMQSlI/AAAAAAAATWs/cERFp2beUNQ/s1600/DSC_0123.JPG


The broad white atennal patch is seen in I. damocles, guttifera, bononia, & bononoides.
The UnH spots varies, I. damocles female.FW with wide cellspots.
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-99wwXz0J-Tc/VLy44Um4jOI/AAAAAAAATr0/5yIvOogeti0/s1600/DSC_0033.JPG
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6c9993wZJcY/VLy44S6jg1I/AAAAAAAATrw/glV4b3LDJbw/s1600/DSC_0028.JPG


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