m.prasad.369

Hi cufcal64!
Your guess is correct both on species and gender! Female is green and male is grayish blue and pattern vary of course. I'm from coastal Andhrapradesh, India and lot of childhood memories are attached to this species, as this is very abundant in that area. Currently I'm staying in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. I observed many spottings here as well (Ref : https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/14...). Of course, I always observe more female than male. Good to see that this species is available and abundant in Thai as well! :)

It's okay! I'm fine with it. I will update the ID with E.quadrimacula. Thank you for the ID suggestion! :)

thewndrr, Thank you for the comment! :) Even Megalodacne has Asian species. Google image search, based on pattern, brings up genera - Episcapha, Megalodacne and Mimodacne. Above species list is given as an example but not full list; sorry for the confusion. I updated Notes accordingly. BTW, if you are sure that this is E.quadrimacula, we will go with it. Thanks

Thank you bayucca and thewndrr! :)
Tried to google and found below good article showing difference between
Myriochila distinguenda and Myriochila (Monelica) fastidiosa:
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/a-My...

Thank you SukanyaDatta! :)

Mark Ridgway, Thank you for the details! :) Visually similar species get different species IDs based on geographical location, unless they are introduced. So, double checking location here. Now it's clear. BTW, pics f and g need to swapped based on outer yellow edge, I believe, in researchgate reference;it may be a typo. Thanks! :)

Thank you Mark Ridgway for the ID! :) Is this species available in India? Wiki (https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/856884-...) doesn't cover this region but reference link does. Just wanted to cross check once with you! :)

Leuba Ridgway, Thank you for the suggestion! :) Is it the same one as spotted in : https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/17.... I thought it was different as the pattern vary.

Thank you Leuba Ridgway! :)

Võ Anh Tuấn, Thank you for the comment. Sorry I missed your comment. How to identify the gender in this species? Ovipositor is not visible due to its long tail. Based on the tail, can we identify? I tried to google and found below pic:
https://www.google.com/search?q=Homoeoxi...
I believe top one is male with shorter tail and below is female with longer tail.