Malayan Sunbeam

This is a Malayan Sunbeam that i found near the river in the forest. It is a fast flyer and often stops to rest with the bright orange wings opened to bask in the sun. The wingspan of this butterfly is about 40 mm.
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Above, the wings are bright orange with black borders. In the male, the black distal border continues to the dorsum in the forewing, and the third of the hindwing near the tornus is darkened. The female is in paler orange than the male and has much broader black borders. On the hindiwng the orange portion in the female only occupies a small crescentic area.
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Underneath, the wings are silvery white with obscure fasciae. On the forewing, the post-discal band runs from the costa near the apex towards the dorsum in an oblique manner. The post-discal striae are shaded inwardly with grey patches. Legs are banded in reddish orange.