Taenaris, Hycantis sp?

[vwman]

Hey folks,

I am slowly cataloging my collection into a spreadsheet and am having trouble IDing a few species I picked up a long time ago. If someone could give me a hand it would be appreciated. Unfortunately, I don't have any books on the Genus and I'm having trouble finding a good website that would help in IDing Taenaris. I am poor on my knowledge of this family and am not even sure about the Hycantis. I'm sure the Taenaris on the bottom is a female, but I am having trouble finding the right species. I don't have a locality for her as I picked her up a long time ago in a batch of unmounted unlabeled butterflies, but maybe there are enough key features to get a proper ID. If not she'll have to be given the title of Taenaris sp. (undetermined)

Thanks, Brian

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[downundermoths]

Hi Brian

The top one is definitely Hyantis hodeva... The lower one is most probably Taenaris urania, but I personally wouldn't keep a specimen with zero data...

Barry

[vwman]

Thanks Barry,

I had hodeva, but wasn't sure if there was another possibility. I will do further research for urania.

As far as data - There have been numerous discussions on the subject. I understand how important it is, but my collection is not for scientific purposes. I would say about 85% of my collection has proper data and I only trust about 20% of that to be accurate. I keep the ones without data for representation purposes to show the variation through the different genera, so they are valuable to me. Call me a stamp collector. I'm ok with that. I don't plan on passing it on to a scientific institute or for any scientific purpose. It will probably be sold off in pieces when I am ready to part with it or sold to another private collector.

[downundermoths]

...not criticising you Brian... Your reasons are quite valid... Sometimes sheer science can get in the way of aesthetics... It is wonderful if you get a lot of enjoyment from your specimens...

Barry

[downundermoths]

BTW, hodeva can not be confused with any other... You are quite safe to list it as one...