Adult male of Disphragis anatole

Disphragis anatole is extremely similar to the western species, D. tricolor (Druce); their wing patterns are indistinguishable. The most effective way to separate males is to compare the eighth abdominal segment. In tricolor, the posterior margin of Tg8 is wide with a U-shaped mesal excavation, its lateral margins being broadly rounded; in anatole, the posterior margin of Tg8 is narrow and has a V-shaped mesal excavation.

Photographer: Miller, James. Publisher: Miller, James.