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DaveChiangMai
26-Apr-2019, 10:53 PM
Photographed on Doi Phu Kha at 1,200 metres.
I am fairly confident this is a female E. merta. But this seem to be a very variable species.
Is this ID correct please?
Many thanks

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Psyche
26-Apr-2019, 11:54 PM
Euthalia telchinia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthalia_telchinia
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/804/Euthalia-telchinia
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=163619&&snoc=telchinia&search_type=starts&sort=snoc&indexed_from=1&page_no=1&page_size=30&path=search

Yutaka have placed it under Cynitia.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lim2/721030001.html

Female Euthalia merta.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist/mugshots/Euthalia%20merta%20merta/white%20tipped%20baron%20-%20fedrick%20ho.jpg

TL Seow: Cheers.

DaveChiangMai
27-Apr-2019, 08:15 PM
Many thanks for the details. A nice record from Thailand.

Psyche
28-Apr-2019, 07:01 AM
From its wingshape & pattern, Cynitia should be the correct Genus.