View Full Version : ID help with this Curetis please
Tai LA
18-Aug-2022, 12:07 PM
Taken in Selangor
27832
Psyche
18-Aug-2022, 09:32 PM
Unfortunately the head is hidden in the shadow.
3 species can be very similar .
Underside FW with an oblique band & ground colour speckled with fine black dots.
Curetis santana. Labial spotted red.
HW postdiscal spots in space 6 & 7 in line .
HW submarginal spots 6 & 7 out of line ,being dislocated.
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-t9119-E8An8/TeEj9s6FNeI/AAAAAAAAK9g/7YCPQZn4KH0/s1600/MS_adult_05.jpg
2. Curetis bulis. labial palps spotted red.
HW postdiscal spot 6 small & tucked under the bigger curved spot 7.
HW submarginal spots 6 & 7 aligned & joned end to end.
https://thaibutterflies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Curetis-bulis-stigmata-male.jpg
3. Curetis felderi.Labial palps white, unspotted.
HW postdiscal spot 6 tucked under spot 7 (as in bulis.)
HW submarginal spots 6 & 7also out of line.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/CuretisFelderiMUpUnAc1.jpg
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gancw1/15546599467
The HW markings look to be C. felderi but the labial palps are in the shadow.
It is probably Curetis felderi.
TL Seow: Cheers.
Tai LA
18-Aug-2022, 11:19 PM
Thanks Dr Seow for the very detail comparison!
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