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[CERULEAN]

dear dr seow,

would like to know this is the pale grass blue pseudozizeeria maha or dark grass blue, zizeeria karsandra.

taken in Lion's Club, Sai Kung, Hong Kong on 10 November 2018.

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many thanks~

[Psyche]

This Zizeeria maha.

The best clue is that the FW submarginal spots are flattened into mostly short bars in Z. karsandra ,while in Z. maha they are chevrons or short 'V's or arrowheads.
These below are Z. karsandra.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8348/8231114411_21ff85acea.jpg
https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:Butterfly_Dark_Grass_Blue_-_Zizeeria_karsandra.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-53yMk3fbuQo/T0fD7GzkJ2I/AAAAAAAAAew/8JdmEvUr4ys/s1600/IMG_7359.jpg

TL Seow: Cheers.

[CERULEAN]

Thanks Dr Seow~