Tanaecia id request: Sungai Sedim, Kedah - June 15, 2023

[SL Liew]

Dear Dr. Seow,
Need your help to id this Tanaecia. Location: Sg Sedim, Kedah. Observed on June 15, 2023. Thank you.

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[Psyche]

These are fairly typical male Tanaecia palguna.

The females can be rather confusing.

Tanaecia pelea. Palpi 3rd segment long & thin.
Male with rounded HW;HW arrowhead set about midway.
FW hemet shaped discal white spots of irregular width , the arrowheads long.
Female always with HW arrowheads nearer the inner margin.

Tanaecia pelea Note long neddle-like palpi 3rd segment.
Males.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/136144763
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137521314
Female.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/154807044

Tanaecia palguna.
Male HW tapers to the tornus ;stout built, like a Euthalia spp.
HW with th arrowheads set nearer outer margin.
FW with the discal helmet spots in space 2, 3, & 4 of nearly equal width ;arrowheads short giving a wider white area.
Male.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/66374357
Female, Note shorter palpi.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137945298

Tanaecia munda.
Male shaped as in T. palguna.
Arrowheads long; HW arrowheads set nearer outer margin.
HW may be strongly whitened.
Male.
https://singapore.biodiversity.online/species/A-Arth-Hexa-Lepidoptera-000485?imageId=1



TL Seow: Cheers.

[SL Liew]

Thanks so much for your id T.palguna. The photos are all of same individual butterfly. Appreciate it.