ID Help needed

[Yong San]

Hello,
I took these two butterflies from Sungei Buloh, and I need your help to ID them. Thank you.

[The Monarch]

Nice catch on the Rapala.

I'm guessing the first one is a Pointed Line Blue? :hmmm:

[Elbowed Pierrot]

#1 peablue?
#2 looks like the Rapala dieneces dieneces

[Yong San]

Thanks, Simon and Jason.

[atronox]

I think i enjoy digging up old threads!:P The first one is a nacaduba, probably rounded six-line blue. It's too round for a pointed line blue, which is kinda triangular and the ground colour is different from a pea blue, which is off-white(?) with irregular brown markings.:grin2:

[horace2264]

I think i enjoy digging up old threads!:P The first one is a nacaduba, probably rounded six-line blue. It's too round for a pointed line blue, which is kinda triangular and the ground colour is different from a pea blue, which is off-white(?) with irregular brown markings.:grin2:

It is a four-line blue, very likely Nacaduba pavana. The Rapala sp. should be a Suffused Flash. Both species are residents of SBWR.

I believe over the years, the original poster and the contributors of this old thread have all become aware of the species ID of these two specimens.

[Glorious Begum]

You didn't call else i will take you to Ritra. :cheers:

[Silverstreak]

From SBWR, and the colors and marking matches that of the Nacaduba pavana singapura. I think it is .

Concur with Simon and Horace, the Flash is Rapala suffusa barthema (Suffused Flash)

[atronox]

It is a four-line blue, very likely Nacaduba pavana.Stupid me! Yes, it's a four line blue.:confused: Thx Horace for pointing that out.:grin2:

[Yong San]

You didn't call else i will take you to Ritra. :cheers:

Thanks, I will call you next time (probably year end) as that place is simply too big to explore. How do find Ritra in a few hundred ha area ?? :)

Thanks others for confirming the ID of this old photo. :cheers: