Heliophorus and Tagiades Review

[Saffron]

Dear Dr. Seow sir,

I have learned a lot in my previous post about Heliophorus id. Thank you so much for the guidance and suggestions you put forward in every post.

I am posting here three more individuals of Heliophorus that I have photographed in Meghalaya, India. I am hopeful that they are H. indicus following your comments in my earlier post. Your views and comments is highly appreciated.



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Here is a Tagiades for id. My suspect is Tagiades cohaerens.

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Thank you in advance.

Cheers:cheers:

[Psyche]

1, 2, & 3.

These are all examples of H. indicus.
The original author Fruhstorfer's comment that indicus have a narrow red border & latilimbata have a wide border was extremely usuful.
( I have to google translate his comments from German.)
The extensive white shading is quite typical of indicus but may not be entirely reliable.

The previous individual I am fairly confident it is H. epicles without the FW orange patch.

4. Tagiades cohaerens is right.
Here only the two cellspots & three subapical spots (6, 7, & 8) can be seen.


Both T. cohaerens & menaka have a black spot in HW space 1b.

T. cohaerens.
FW usually with subapical spots 6, 7, & 8 and spot 4 & 5. (often absent in dsf)
HW black spots less heavy.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/90920010.html

T. menaka Additionally have a FW spot 3. In dsf spots weak
HW heavier black spots.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/90910001.html



TL Seow: Cheers.

[Saffron]

Thank you so much sir. H. indicus may be quite common in Meghalaya. But may be it is overlooked due to its close similarity with H. epicles.

Cheeers:cheers: