ID help needed (22 Dec 2021)

[Blue Nawab]

Dear Dr Seow,
Pls help with the grass yellow id. Thank you very much!

#1
27456

#2
27457

[Psyche]

All are Eurema hecabe.
E. hecabe lacks the identifying features in the other species.


E. brigitta.
FW without cellspot; HW with a diffuse fascia(band) running in space 4, 5, & 6, & 2 similar diffuse lunules in space 2 & 3; HW tornal margin straight.
Female HW paler.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist/mugshots/Eurema%20brigitta%20senna/NBGY_02.jpg
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rzo8wjfyCsM/SuBqDPZqIWI/AAAAAAAAEQE/Je9svEGGMJA/s1600/NBGY-Khew-female_01_c.jpg


Eurema sari.
FW a single cellspot & a solid squarish brown apical patch.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist/mugshots/Eurema%20sari%20sodalis/Eurema%20sari%20sodalis%20(Chocolate%20Grass%20Yel low)%20-%20Loke.jpg


E,simulatrix.
FW with 2 cellspots; FW apical patch broken by diffuse yellow spots.
HW postdiscal spot 7 a straight bar; always a small curve spot at the base of space 7.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist/mugshots/Eurema%20simulatrix%20tecmessa/Eurema-simulatrix-tecmessa---Khe.jpg
http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist/mugshots/Eurema%20simulatrix%20tecmessa/27%20Eurema%20simulatrix%20tecmessa%20Bobby%20Mun. jpg


E. blanda
FW with 3 cellspot. May have apical patch resembling E. simulatrix.
HW postdiscal spot 7 short, often curved (lunulate); a small spot at the base of space 7.
https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/100085460/large.jpg
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bTDVU6Dcj6c/VGtph55ksRI/AAAAAAAAfbE/MoMhj06UpWE/s1600/TSGY_adult_02.jpg


E. andersonii
FW with a single cellspot .FW black border inner margins in space 2 & 3 aligned with apex.
HW postdiscal spot 7 a sinuous streak.
https://alokesahu.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/img_3157.jpg


E. lacteola.
FW with single cellspot .HW spot 7 sinuous streak.
FW inner margins of black border in space 2 & 3 slant towards costa (as in hecabe); HW margin not angular like in hecabe.
Male is greenish yellow .Female is greenish white.
https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/113366365/original.jpeg
https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/46711261/original.jpg (Doubtful)
Type specimen is a female from Singapore.
https://archive.org/details/rhopaloceramalay00dist/page/466/mode/1up?view=theater


E. ada.
FW with two cellspot; FW apex rounded off, the outer margin curving towards the apex.
HW postdiscal spot 7 usually sinuous.
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vbBsDHL9IUM/Vr31cOJigFI/AAAAAAAAYsA/BAMr4f7ohmE/s1600/DSC_0032.JPG
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/--5QAPFyoFFg/VH24mhsTiQI/AAAAAAAARts/s8jVcC_Yhf4/w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu/DSC_0110.JPG


E. hecabe
FW cellspot 2 one or more may be missing.
HW spot 7 shapeless.
HW often angular in shape.
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a2Bl4GKo7H8/UOL4t2djyKI/AAAAAAAAQSw/6C9fu47G4PQ/s1600/CGY_adult_Bobby_01.jpg
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rzo8wjfyCsM/SuPkfcNWpXI/AAAAAAAAERM/js8zCZKbgug/w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu/CGY_adult_khew_01.jpg
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LkCngzH43dg/UOL4zRzhioI/AAAAAAAAQS4/W-dpm9dGMYU/s1600/CGY_adult_khew_03.jpg



TL Seow: Cheers.