It is nearly impossible to ID Halpe from a single view.
1 looks to be H. wantona as by comparing the field shots below.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/91410001.html
Two Halpe (I assume) skippers from my northern Thailand collection, from around 500 metres giving me some headaches.
Image 1. I am fairly
Saving the image & zooming in shows the shape of the male brand is much as in T. besta
That & the strongly developed triangle orange patch
Concur here. Cephrenes do not have a male brand.
This one seem to show a mixture of features.
It is probably T. besta but
Separation of Halpe wantona and arcuata
Many thanks for the feedback. General indictors are fine, as, as you say, single photos are so difficult.
DaveChiangMai 22-Feb-2021, 10:07 PM