Id need help please....

[ButterflyWitch]

Hello Dr. Seow Sir...
All these photos taken from Mizoram, in the month of March... Need your help in identification.

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28784

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28785

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28786

4. Prosotas pia or bhutea?
28787

5.Nacaduba kurava?
28788

6. Halpe sp.
28789
28790

7.
28791

8.
28792

9.How can I differentiate Kallima knyvettii & inachus based one underwing markings?
28793

10. Is it Neptis catica?
28794

11.Papilio alcmenor (female)?
28795

12. Jamides elpis?
28796
28797

13. Jamides bochus or ceruleas?
28798

14.
28799

15. Acytolepis puspa?
28800

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28801

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28802

18.

[Psyche]

1.https://www.butterflycircle.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=28784&d=1743928529
Telinga malsara partial dsf.

2. https://www.butterflycircle.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=28785&d=1743928559
Telinga malsara dsf

Telinga species.

1. T mestra .Prominent white marginal bands.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/telinga-mestra

2. Telinga malsara.
Discal white band broad, taper at FW costa.
Wsf HW ocelli inner margins sharply angled at vein 4.
Dsf with orage brown patches inner to white band.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/telinga-malsara
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sites/default/files/HeteropsisMalsara_SanjaySondhi_ak559.jpg


3. Telinga nicotia.
Discal band broad ,not quite taper at FW costa.
Wsf HW ocelli in an arc.
Dsf with little orange shadings.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/telinga-nicotia
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sites/default/files/279_30135-955-5b1aa97d8e255-1_1.jpg



4. Telinga misenus.
Discal band narrow, somewhat undulate, & slightly curved in at FW apex.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/telinga-misenus
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/telinga-misenus

[Psyche]

3. https://www.butterflycircle.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=28786&d=1743928704
Jamides bochus bochus.

The sharp spike formed by the white striae near the HW inner margin IDed it as a Jamides.
The FW postdiscal band is more or less dislocated at every vein, & the HW lunulate (crescent moon) submarginal spots are characteristic.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sites/default/files/observation/Jamides%20bochus%20bochus_1729863806_277498.jpg


4. https://www.butterflycircle.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=28787&d=1743928784
Prosotas bhutea,
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sites/default/files/137_17671-539-58e4825cce173-1.jpg
The FW is raised high enough that it shows no band extending below the midcell bar.
This is sufficient to distinguish P. bhutea from P. pia which has a small band there.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sites/default/files/observation/Prosotas%20pia%20marginata_1737056168_255821.jpg


5. https://www.butterflycircle.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=28788&d=1743928835
Male Nacaduba kurava.
FW submarginal spots large with rounded margins.
FW postdiscal band almost always straight & unbroken.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sites/default/files/2106_68322-152-5f6768b2c4fe1-1.jpg

Similar, N. beroe.
FW postdiscal band typically broken.
Fw submarginal spots irregular.
Costal spot above the midcell band absent.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sites/default/files/95_5129-489-5522c9dbe22f4-1.jpg

[Psyche]

6.https://www.butterflycircle.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=28789&d=1743928952
https://www.butterflycircle.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=28790&d=1743928972

Possibly Halpe handa.

The subspecies formerly under H. homolea are now upgraded to full species.
All have the cilia chequered esp. FW.
Most have an upper cellspot.


Halpe handa.
FW cilia chequered.
FW without cellspots.
FW spot 2 & 3 widely separated.
Underside markings diffuse & ill-defined.
H. handa is surprisingly called the Indian Ace in Thailand.
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/91340001.html
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/npict15c/91340001_n002.jpg
https://thaibutterflies.com/Butterflies/the-indian-ace%e0%b8%9c%e0%b8%b5%e0%b9%80%e0%b8%aa%e0%b8%b7%e 0%b9%89%e0%b8%ad%e0%b8%88%e0%b8%b8%e0%b8%94%e0%b9% 80%e0%b8%ab%e0%b8%a5%e0%b8%b5%e0%b9%88%e0%b8%a2%e0 %b8%a1%e0%b8%ad%e0%b8%b4%e0%b8%99/



The other species in the group which have no ce3llspot (usually)is H. filda the Absebt Ace.
This have spots 2 & 3 overlapping & underside marking better defined.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/halpe-filda


H. flava also looks similar but UnH interneural spots in space 4 & 5 are very small.
Also FW spots 2 & 3 are widely overlapping.
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/91360001.html
https://wingscales.com/Hesperiidae/Halpe-flava

[Psyche]

7. https://www.butterflycircle.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=28791&d=1743929135
Charaxes bernardus.


8. https://www.butterflycircle.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=28792&d=1743929171
Probably Charaxes psaphon.


The four orange species can be extremely confusing.

Charaxes bernardus.
FW apical spots mostly conjoined.
FW distal half barely dark-shade except in banded form.
HW dark discal band shallowly undulate.
HW tornal twin spots free.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sites/default/files/95_80668-506-60791632a8aa4-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sites/default/files/981_73420-782-5fa640adb5fd3-1.jpg


Charaxes psaphon.
FW apicalspots weakly separated.
FW distal half often dark-shade.
HW postdiscal dark fascia more undulate.
Hw tornal twin spots mostly within a ring, formed partly by the last lunulate postdiscal mark.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sites/default/files/641_52017-653-5e826a00da9c0-1_0.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sites/default/files/538_54802-73-5e9d8823c4dff-2_0.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sites/default/files/1184_51444-980-5e6ecf0a95733-1_0.jpg


Charaxes aristogiton.
FW apical spots may be separated.
FW distal area barely dark.
HW postdiscal dark fascia narrow, mostly straight curving out at upper 1/4.
HW tornal spots free.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sites/default/files/1205_39928-403-5ccb670717def-1_0.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sites/default/files/622_28102-544-5accf90c062aa-1.jpg



Charaxes marmax.
FW apical spots always well separated.
HW postdiscal dark fascia very irregularly undulate.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sites/default/files/1209_39326-897-5cab4a5f1c88f-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sites/default/files/1210_39333-583-5cab74897b433-1_0.jpg

[Psyche]

9.https://www.butterflycircle.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=28793&d=1743929291

Kallima inachus.


K. inachus
FW apex not orange shaded on the outer half.
Markings very variable.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sites/default/files/observation/Kallima%20inachus%20inachus_1665390261_236206.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sites/default/files/observation/Kallima%20inachus%20inachus_1702401704_241696.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sites/default/files/observation/Kallima%20inachus%20inachus_1667565644_238614.jpg

K. knyvettii.
FW apical tip shaded orange on the outer half.
Markings mostly broad irregular bands ending on the 'mid-rib'.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sites/default/files/observation/Kallima%20knyvettii_1734148106_280291.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sites/default/files/observation/Kallima%20knyvettii_1734148047_280298.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sites/default/files/observation/Kallima%20knyvettii_1734148234_280289.jpg

[Psyche]

10. https://www.butterflycircle.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=28794&d=1743929346
Neptis cartica.

N. clinia & cartica are practically identical in markings.

However, N. clinia is browner On the hW there is a small triangular patch of white at the base of space3. This is almost always present and diagnostic.
It can be seen in this enlarge image clearly.
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyBal1DbwLeu9xXpLFKK95hNHc9W3_OSZSyfgr5-Lgt5JkZvu5H5-b7NcVxfBsFpbx3-1muKG9SkrxDsHtWddvQp9yw7dGDIRP8IZs3ZwRgFPtwZtDZ9x5 VsLuNA-wayfDw-vBa_Zxxabf/w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu/Neptis+clinia+BV.jpg

In N. cartica the HW discal band is set higher & further apart from the submarginal spots
The band does cut across the base of space 3 & so does not create a small patch of white.
https://thaibutterflies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Neptis-cartica.jpg




11. https://www.butterflycircle.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=28795&d=1743929611
female Papilio alcmenor.
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/pap/10700001.html

P. bootes & P. janaka may look somewhat similar but they both have red bodies.

[Psyche]

12.https://www.butterflycircle.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=28796&d=1743929751
https://www.butterflycircle.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=28797&d=1743929799

Jamides alecto male.
(Note .Possibility of two individuals here, ie image 1 being J. elpis.)

The Jamides in inndia have rhinner white striae.

If in SE asia & seeing the underside alone, I would have thought it is J.elpis but the upperside with the Fw black border & the HW marginal spots are clearly that of J. alecto.

J. elpis Upperside with clean margins (male).
Undersside white striae uniformly thin.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sites/default/files/JamidesElpis_RohanLovalekar_ag624.jpg

J. alecto
Upperside with FW black border HW marginal spots (male).
Underside white striae thicker on Fw & outer half of HW.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sites/default/files/1611_63119-737-5f16da5ec1b66-1.jpg



13.https://www.butterflycircle.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=28798&d=1743929831
J. bochus.

J. bochus underside submarginal spots lunulate.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sites/default/files/observation/Jamides%20bochus%20bochus_1739653411_283081.jpg

J. caerulea.
underside submarginal spots regular.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sites/default/files/JamidesCaeruleus_KrushnameghKunte_af876.jpg

[Psyche]

14.https://www.butterflycircle.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=28799&d=1743930025

Catochrysops strabo.
The two darken spots in HW space 7 is characteristic.
Sot 9 can sometimes be missing.
Here it is very small, faint ,between the postdiscal spot 6 & the cellend bar.
https://wingscales.com/Lycaenidae/Catochrysops-strabo-strabo



15. https://www.butterflycircle.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=28800&d=1743930091
Acytoleois puspa.

Two features together ID Acytolepis.
1, FW with a spot 9 on the costa, just after spot 6.
2. HW with a spot at the base of space 7. (often like a tadpole with a tail.
Two species.
A. puspa FW postdiscal spot 4 & 5 at an angle with each other, sometimes almost at right angle.
https://wingscales.com/Lycaenidae/Acytolepis-puspa-gisca

A. lilacea. FW postdiscal spots 4 & 5 more aligned or nearly parallel.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sites/default/files/87_2098-501-548440b67f1df-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sites/default/files/342_8170-704-55ed11e508689-1.jpg

Oreolyce is the only other genus in which the HW have a black spot at the base of space 7, but the FW lacks spot 9.
Several spp. in India.
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc4/80703001.html

[Psyche]

16. https://www.butterflycircle.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=28801&d=1743930184
Celastrina lavendularis.

FW without a spot 9.
HW spot 7 larger & darker than the rest of the postdiscal spots below it.
As dark as the sub-basal spots.
Ground colour dark & spots ringed with a white halo.
HW submarginal spots sharply serrate.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sites/default/files/observation/Celastrina%20lavendularis%20limbatus_1664975820_23 5878.jpg



17.https://www.butterflycircle.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=28802&d=1743930206
Udara dilecta.

Udara is marked as in Celastrina but the spotsdo not have white halos.

U. dilecta.
Submarginal spots present.
All spots small.
HW postdiscal spot 7 no darker than the rest below it.
Ground colour white.
https://wingscales.com/Lycaenidae/Udara-dilecta-dilecta

Similar.
U. placidula.
HW spot 7 larger & cdarker than the rest of the postdiscal spots below it.
Ground colour darker grey.
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDNr8FzWtGEImuqKR2q25RwxsSWajyYSp4m5jaUcEwbP-eFrOdcVJpEIhXGGY54w16ojoVMjkg6MTem35_n7AsTrgkuGtpv XgJdgKRnsrWxrjz8tSfr_R7HkbMrwl5qnsxf5zUi2yo7qM/s1600/DSC_1494.JPG



18. https://www.butterflycircle.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=28803&d=1743930315
Celastrina species probably C. argiolus.
Underisde light greyish with the spots in halos.
Spots small .
HW spot 7 not darker than the rest.
Several similar species & hard to ID.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sites/default/files/83_39538-201-5cb462872ad76-1.jpg
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc4/80860010.html
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc4/80863010.html
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc4/80865010.html
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/celastrina-gigas


TL Seow; Cheers.

[ButterflyWitch]

Thank you so much Seow Sir..

This is the upper side of No. 18,
28804

I clicked some more hedge blue on this trip... Please have a look

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[Psyche]

18, upperside.
https://www.butterflycircle.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=28804&d=1744117678

The upperside matched that of the male dsf from Nan.
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc4/80860010.html



19. https://www.butterflycircle.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=28807&d=1744118185
Male Celastrina lavendularis.
Note HW spot 7 is large and dark, as dark as the three sub basal spots, but darker than the rest of the postdiscal spots below it.


20. https://www.butterflycircle.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=28806&d=1744118125
Male C. lavendularis.
Similarly with HW spot 7 larger & darker, the spots with white halos.

All other Celastrina species have small spots, and HW spot 7 not darker than the rest.
They are C. argiolus, gigas, huegelii, hersilia and oreas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celastrina_huegeli#/media/File:CelastrinaHuegeliiOreoidesMFUpUnAC1.jpg


TL Seow: Cheers.

[ButterflyWitch]

Thank you so much sir for your valuable time & guidance...