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Two lycaenidae but what species (1 Viewer)

Hillevandam

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These two lycaenidae butterflies both live on the edge of a rice swamp in the undergrowth of the adjourning farm bush with mango, orange, cola nut and oil palms. The up side of both is not often seen while seated. these are the best I could find among the photos I made. The wingspan of both is 3cm or less than that.
Who can tell me what they are?
 

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Yes, #2 is Tetrarhanis symplocus. It did not exist on my Sierra Leone checklist but now I have got Butterflies of West Africa I found out this species occurs in the whole of West Africa.
That same book has now identified #1 as Oboronia punctatus. The writer of the book, T Larsen, wondered if this species was really absent from Sierra Leone as there are no species in any of the collections used for identification.
 
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