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Blue Nawab
09-Jun-2019, 05:35 PM
Dear Dr Seow,
Is this Pale Palm Dart (Telicota augias augias)? Thanks!https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/bwxP2ZgIgY97-dgdI8u2hgZkqYiU0yIfYA9gTkvF-m0UKu-_-dJn0kna5Gy19W0bUjIIY8Ve8qtfTX3MVMGJlSFR6qHuTwLbcYN GERHBKdcBj4b1ySDuSjnIitobBnLGENRvR2-rhntGUV1DGLnA3vqLow9AOI_FCmykgHOKIaOrCceVFUqanIa9O YczfyzpHQXYmmn2sfFLFgDDVxq-FUdwKp_GWIg_8MoKSNmgIgpPDvfgxbnALzLojDypTww0WmaOmd 4OFwCRv7g19g3xODb_sNET-axfeq9TDIrpnyP0J3nji4LteQa1tIKoz5DNuyH4h3ZitgeIiCw oTqDf9f9rWY8I1N-jBMpq05m4IVpDFhkmyVlHTRV-or5zz96VTeufVPbHSBT3O41qz4H_Hx8DjSzs_16duc_Pd2Htde VxtLyUEAKklpZsPql4RI4gqUv3-tj05WDQCAUIvn7cqbST24wqO2Pe4q5eFo8mzXY1WpKjUXK50hz KV9SOFT-gZ0LhV-C0nF8ReDZ3vC6S4fMVoqe30fdPUp2qrjUaqWPWhZdFcLpNMy_G jD26VSmb6I2HPUpNvm8f1UeSTPenZ1IIoTJc-K7bHhk-H1uzR4ujWMh6uyaSg8M3ACcd89GaewYSf-30pNBLMZUgDbEcd35FsLSQyaQ=w873-h657-no

Psyche
09-Jun-2019, 07:04 PM
This is a fairly typical Telicota augias male.

Telicota augias ;HW veins across band not dark-dusted;HW band & ground the same colour tone ie no contrast ;strong orange colour compared to all other species.
FW spot 4 & 5 with good overlap.
Head, thorax & abdomen more uniformly orange.

Female with the veins across HW band lightly dark -dusted; FW spots 4 & 5 with good overlap; more orange than other species.

All Singapore males.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Hp7OPF_eJ6Q/U6ZQMNh6IkI/AAAAAAAAOPs/KFaTN4_wis4/s1600/HFH_2956-Palm-Dart-(Telicota-augias-augias).jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6riT3uzrel0/VgoXg6gugdI/AAAAAAAABhk/BmQspbMAvkk/s1600/Telicota%2Baugias_male_1.jpg
https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5336/9950853134_aaff7fdc56_b.jpg


Male Telicota colon ;FW spot 4 & 5 with little overlap.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JCIq17YMtX0/T4BMP2yGX4I/AAAAAAAAFrI/_53XDHovvNs/s1600/DSC_5034+Telicota+colon+stinga.jpg


Female T. augias .HW veins lightly dark-dusted.
This below has been misIDed as Telicota besta male, but the shape is a female (ie longer body).
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTkoVEKi_JFWf7CuilXcaZyC9jrtfhSd qffTxKl4m8JSs4dvK2A
http://www.butterflycircle.com/showthread.php?15028-ID-Needed-for-Skipper


T. besta male ;HW veins lightly dark-dusted ;FW spots 4 & 5 with less overlap.
This male have upperside confirmation.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NbpYa8XexNw/VJQtyK97NHI/AAAAAAAASl0/i77WR2aduOU/s1600/DSC_0294.JPG
http://nlliew66butterflies.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-besta-palm-dart-telicota-besta-bina.html

T. besta female Underside yellower with greenish tinge (hard to see).
http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist/mugshots/Telicota%20besta%20bina/Telicota_on_scleria_female_01.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GqK3ID-7Mlk/VIL1VCRkusI/AAAAAAAAQpM/ubrQHPG6-B4/s1600/HFH_5986-Telicota%2Bbesta%2Bbina.jpg


TL Seow: Chhers.