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Plains Cupid

Luthrodes pandava

2 Species ID Suggestions

Plains Cupid
Chilades pandava Luthrodes pandava - Wikipedia
Small Cupid
Chilades parrhasius (Fabricius 1793) Chilades parrhasius - Wikipedia


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4 Comments

Sahana Vajirasena
Sahana Vajirasena 2 years ago

Thank You Both, yeah its Plain cupid

Nope. Forget-me-not doesn't have the black spots near the base on the hindwing, only the spots below the costa.
It's not Small Cupid either. The Small cupid only has 3 spots at the base of the underside hindwing. If you check the 2nd pic closely, you will see there are 4 spots on this one.
This is probably a female; if it was a male, then the violet-blue shade on the upper side would be visible in the 2nd pic.

Sahana Vajirasena
Sahana Vajirasena 2 years ago

Forget Me Not?

Sahana Vajirasena
Spotted by
Sahana Vajirasena

Kirimetiya, Central Province, Sri Lanka

Spotted on Oct 4, 2021
Submitted on Oct 4, 2021

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