Id request

[Ngangom Aomoa]

Request for Id for the following butterflies. All of them were recorded in Meghalaya, in India.
1a.
26538
1b.
26537
1a and 1b, same specimen, taken on August, 2020

2.
26539
Taken in the month of February

3.
26540
Taken in the month of February

Thanks

[Psyche]

1a. Aeromachus jhora.

There is much confusion between A. jhora & pygmaeus.
The markings are practically identical.


A. jhora ;Larger by 1.5X ; Antennal club with an apiculus which is conical so that the club is elliptical in shape.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/2017/93_17672-41-58e4efd937b4e-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/3088/Aeromachus-jhora

A. pygmaeus.Very small; Antennal club without an apiculus so that the end of the club is rounded.Antenna is short (1/2 costa in set position).
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/2018/304_33757-429-5b9d39d176ab4-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/2018/206_35836-995-5bd1b12c7c844-2.jpg
At least half the images below are A. jhora.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/492/Aeromachus-pygmaeus


A. kali; UnH spots bluish/ violet.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/2101/Aeromachus-kali

A. dubius ;UnH postdiscal band discontinuous, some spots missing.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/642/Aeromachus-dubius

A. stigmata.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/#!/sp/2109/Aeromachus-stigmata


1b.
I presume you are 100% certain this & 1a are the same individual.
The male of A. jhora is described as having the UpF spots faint or absent.

[Psyche]

3. Spidasis syama.
FW cell mark a continuous club.
FW outer submarginal line continuous.
FW twin postdiscal bars well separated.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/1111/Spindasis-syama


2. Uncertain. HW with some of the bands shortened or missing (Aberration).
This is much as in S. syama but the outer submarginal line is broken into streaks.
S. evansi is similar but the cell mark is broken into a streak & a rounded head.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/3013/Spindasis-evansii
S. rukma is similar in the cell mark.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/#!/sp/3078/Spindasis-rukma

Could be S. elwesi.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/2020/1_55130-764-5ea0eb7662cbc-1.jpg
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc4/82865001.html
https://www.flickr.com/photos/monsoon_jyoti_gogoi/4830072629

TL Seow: Cheers.

[Ngangom Aomoa]

Thank you sir for the id. Now I realized scrub hoppers which I got from 3 - 4 different places in Northeast India are all A. jhora.

Regarding specimen 2, I realized I have the upper also, which I am posting below, if it helps (sorry that I didn't post earlier).
26542

Thanks again

[Psyche]

The upperside is similar to S. syama & S. evansi. S. elwesi typically have orange spots.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/2019/622_44439-889-5d7f688f67a50-2.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/2017/93_20401-393-59d96b60d6331-2.jpg

The unF basal mark which is a continuous club indicate it is S. syama.

The specimen is an aberration with the HW postdiscal band shorten & the HW basal band & spots missing.


TL Seow: Cheers.

[Ngangom Aomoa]

Thanks a lot. An old mystery is solved.
Cheers!!