I am asked to write an article for Biopalembanica on some remarkable butterfly observations (validated by the first author of ‘Butterflies of Sumatra’), but my records are not validated on iNaturalist and are therefore hard to find. Is anybody willing to have a look on my records for Sumatra? For example Herona sumatrana sumatrana (first observation in 75 years, first photograph on internet).
Patience and time is what gets the confirming IDs, especially in areas that aren’t as well traveled, or with rare/little known species, or species that haven’t been seen or photographed in a long time.
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welcome to the forum
the best thing to do is to tag some top identifiers of butterflies from the region directly on your observation, and ask for their feedback
check out some of the users at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?photos=true&place_id=6966&preferred_place_id=6744&taxon_id=47224&view=identifiers
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