Wallacean

Nymphalidae; Satyrinae; Zethera pimplea pimplea Erichson 1834. This speciimen is a male. The Wallacean displays considerable differences between the males and females. The males are quite distinctive and instantly recognisable, but when I first became interested in butterflies, I sometimes became confused when identifying the females which look similar to Wanderers and Glassy Tigers. If you look at my pictures carefully, you will notice minimal damage to the left rear wing, but the last photo shows considerable damage to both wings, front and rear, on the right side. I used to feel quite upset when I saw this kind of damage, but it doesn't trouble me so much now. The rule-of-thumb for this seems to be that as long as it can fly, it will survive. I cropped the first picture to show the butterfly without the distraction of the damaged wings and I think this little guy looks perky and full of life. It might be of interest, to new butterfly fans, to know that they do not feel any pain from such injuries. I recently came across a website which explains that butterflies do not have pain receptors. The site explains and shows pictures of butterflies having their damaged wings repaired by trimming off the damaged parts and gluing on wing parts from others of the same species which died naturally - https://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2020/09/winged-with-hope-fixing-brok….