ID requested for Lycaenidae

[butterflyrajib]

Dear Sir/Madam,
My friend captured this interesting species from Hollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary, Assam, India in the month of May 2019. You are requested to give the Species name alongwith pictorial guidance.

Regards,
Rajib Dey
Email: rajibdey88@gmail.com

[atronox]

Looks like a female Ancema blanka minturna but with a slightly heavier forewing post-discal band than usual

[Psyche]

Looks like a female Ancema blanka minturna but with a slightly heavier forewing post-discal band than usual


Concur it is the female Ancema blanka minturna.
This has the whitish shadings in space 1b & 2.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc4/83600010.html

Only a few species have the postdiscal band broken into lunules.

Quite similar is Pratapa deva lila.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratapa_deva#/media/File:PratapaDevaLilaDevanaMUpUnAC2.jpg

A useful quide is in Pratapa deva lila the HW upper two black striae in space 6 & 7 are always present & in line .

In Ancema blanka the uppermost stria in space 7 is either absent or if present well shifted in.
This can be seen especially in the male & in this female.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancema_blanka#/media/File:Blanka_minturnaMUpUn_483_AC1.jpg
https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ancema_blanka_minturna#/media/File:AncemaBlankaMinturnaMFUpUnACRK1.jpg


TL Seow: Cheers.