Acantholipes spp.

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Hampson volume 2:
Part 1: {Acantholipes) . Antennae of male minutely ciliated.
Section A: Wings moderately broad
1. Acantholipes circumdata – N.W and W India
2. Acantholipes trajectus- W India, Nilgiris, Ceylon
3. Acantholipes hypenoides – Khasi Hills, Darjeeling
4. Acantholipes fasciatus- Nilgiris
5. Acantholipes similis- Sikkim, Nilgiris
6. Acantholipes notatus- Nilgiris
7. Acantholipes inscitius- Bombay, Pune
8. Acantholipes miser- Shimla
9. Acantholipes fasciosus- Sikkim
10. Acantholipes dissimilis- NW Himalayas
Section B: Wings considerably broader ; the build stouter.

1. Acantholipes trifasciatus- Throughout India

It is clearly not 1. Acantholipes trajectus- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=283187

This specimen has a Chestnut palpi and white fringed tibia to me. Other features matched for this species. I have attached my working of how I arrived at the ID based on the literature available in Hampson
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Month
September
Year
2019
Day
6