About Mycalesis subdita (Moore)
Mycalesis subdita (Moore) closely resembles Mycalesis mineus in both of its seasonal forms. Males can be distinguished by the sex-mark on the underside of the forewing: this mark is brown or ochraceous brown, matching the color seen in M. perseoides, but is much longer and broader, extending to, but not past, the transverse band that crosses the wing.
Wet-Season Brood (male and female): The upperside is dark olivescent ochreous-brown, with a very faint narrow pale transverse discal fascia and distinctly paler marginal lines; both features are most visible in females. Cilia are cinereous-ochreous. The forewing apex is more rounded than that of Mycalesis visala, and bears a large prominent median ocellus. The hindwing has one, occasionally two, small, slightly defined median ocelli. The underside is dark greyish ochreous-brown or fuliginous-brown, with a well-defined whitish transverse discal band and marginal ochreous lines. The forewing has one small subapical ocellus and two conjoined lower median ocelli; this lower pair is arranged with one ocellus between the middle and lower medians (the largest of the two) and the other between the lower median and the submedian vein. The lowest ocellus, located between the median and submedian, is small and always present in both sexes; both the upper and lower series of ocelli are individually encircled by a pale greyish-white outer line. In rare specimens, a minute more or less complete contiguous ocellus appears between the middle and upper medians, enclosed within the pale outer line of the lower series. Also rarely, a female specimen occurs with an additional small upper ocellus positioned above the upper radial veinlet, bringing the total number of ocelli to six. The hindwing has seven prominent black ocelli, each surrounded by a greyish-white wavy outer line. Males have an elongated glandular patch of ochreous yellow scales on the underside of the forewing along the submedian vein, extending from the middle of the vein to the pale discal band; on the upperside of the hindwing, males have a subbasal tuft of pale hairs that extends over or overlaps a glandular patch of ochreous yellow scales.
Dry-Season Brood (male and female): The upperside matches that of the wet-season brood. The underside is paler in color, ranging from greyish to ochreous brown; the whitish transverse discal line is very narrow, but distinct, and the typical subbasal transverse wavy line is generally visible. The forewing has five very small ocelli arranged the same way as in the wet-season (ocellated) brood. In females, these ocelli are minute, or the anterior ones are represented by white dots; the lowest ocellus, located between the lower median and submedian vein, is always present or indicated in both sexes. On the hindwing, the ocelli are also minute, or the anterior ones are indicated by a white dot. Males have an elongated glandular patch of yellow scales on the underside of the forewing, and a yellow patch on the upperside of the hindwing overlapped by the subcostal tuft.
