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Saffron
17-May-2021, 08:51 PM
Dear Dr. Seow sir,

Thank you so much for the past review of my images. I am posting here some Ypthima sp. that needs your expertise in identification. Some of them feel somehow different to me than Y. baldus. Please have a look.

Thank you in advance.

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26972



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26973



3.

26974



4.

26975


Cheers:cheers:

Psyche
17-May-2021, 11:48 PM
They are all Ypthima baldus.

I will only mentioned the 5rings in your area which are very similar.


Yprhima baldus.
Underside with all the fascae well marked & contrasteed from the ground colour.
HW spot 5 almost always bigger than spot 6.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/sat/41000001.html
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/559/Ypthima-baldus


Ypthima affectata.
Underisde with the fascviae not well contrasted from the ground pattern.
UnH submarginal line/fascia weak , largely obsolete.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/sat/41103001.html
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/2128/Ypthima-affectata


Ypthima persimilis.
Underside fasciae weakly contrasted from ground pattern.
UnH inner band large obsolete.
HW spot 6 as large or nearly so as spot 5.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/sat/41063001.html


TL Seow: Cheers.

Saffron
17-May-2021, 11:57 PM
Thanks a lot for the review and response.