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Blue Nawab
25-Aug-2021, 11:05 PM
Dear Dr Seow, is this Ypthima fasciata torone? Thanks!
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Psyche
26-Aug-2021, 12:04 AM
No. It is not.
Probably Ypthima baldus.
Ypthima baldus.
Ground colour pale yellowish. Striae browner.
Ocelli usually larger & conjoined.
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pYozpj1KD-c/Tobilz94F3I/AAAAAAAAGdc/stb7SNVbTJo/s1600/Common5Ring-BobbyMun2.jpg
Ypthima horsfieldi.
Ground colour whitish. Striae darker.
Ocelli usually smaller & separate.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist/mugshots/Ypthima%20horsfieldii%20humei/MFR_mating_pair_Simon.jpg
Ypthima fasciata torone. Probably extinct in Singapore.
Full complement of ocelli more nearly aligned & usually crossed by a dark band.
Two dark inner fasciae (bands) which are straight & parallel.
https://singapore.biodiversity.online/images/speciesImages/medium/66660a32-5818-1c6b-2434-0c336b6691c6.jpg
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0vINfvXaf5I/Tobu8VBLFUI/AAAAAAAAGeM/88N_vuDkYiA/s400/Malayan6Ring-KSK.jpg
http://www.samuibutterflies.com/02_images/travels/satyrinae/ypthimafasciata.r.jpg
TL Seow: Cheers.
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