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Blue Nawab
23-Sep-2020, 11:39 PM
Dear Dr Seow,
Pls help with the ID for the Nacaduba specie, Thanks!
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atronox
24-Sep-2020, 12:03 AM
Should be female Nacaduba sanaya elioti
atronox
24-Sep-2020, 04:05 AM
Sorry, it should be a female Nacaduba hermus swatipa. I have dorsal confirmation. Thanks, Jon :)))
Psyche
24-Sep-2020, 07:27 AM
Concurred. The metallic scales in the black spot is an ID point not seen in N. sanaya.
The key in C&P4 becomes confusing here as the distance between the HW postdiscal band & the submarginal spots is wide in space 4 & 5 as in N. sanaya.

TL Seow: Cheers.
atronox
25-Sep-2020, 01:25 AM
The key in C&P4 becomes confusing here as the distance between the HW postdiscal band & the submarginal spots is wide in space 4 & 5 as in N. sanaya.


That was what threw me off initially. Hopefully, the revisers of C&P5 have attempted to rectify these issues. Thanks, Dr Seow!
Psyche
28-Sep-2020, 06:34 PM
Left unidentified in 2009 & should be a male Nacaduba hermus swatipa.
https://farm4.static.flickr.com/3604/3296769587_a4ce508afc_o.jpg


Male N. sanaya elioti Singapore.
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XEY63bA0JPA/UrRJN5MTKUI/AAAAAAAAM-8/MvgQVQTQHKk/s1600/HFH_0286+Nacaduba+sanaya+elioti.jpg

Male N. hermus swatipa ,P. Malaysia.
http://nlliew66butterflies.blogspot.com/2017/02/nacaduba-hermus-swatipa-corbet.html

Male N. hermus nabo.India.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/NacadubaHermus/NacadubaHermus_HemantOgale_ah293.jpg


TL Seow: Cheers.