Hi all, can you help me to know the Latin name of the skipper of this kind? I am very confused, because quite a lot of kinds of shapes and patterns skipper was almost the same.
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Hi all, can you help me to know the Latin name of the skipper of this kind? I am very confused, because quite a lot of kinds of shapes and patterns skipper was almost the same.
It appears to be a Plain Palm Dart (Cephrenes acalle niasicus) to me.
Khew, Dr.Seow, Horace and Les , what do you guys think??
Cheers!
That was my immediate impression as well.
It is a Telicota species.
There is a patch of orange at the base of space 2 of the forewing which means there will be a similar patch on the upperside as well.
Cephrenes do not have this patch.
Only 3 spp have the base of space 2 orange namely colon , augias, & besta.
T. colon can be ruled as spot 4 & 5 are oddly-shaped and there is little overlap between spot 3 & 4.
T. besta also have less overlap between spot 3 & 4.
T. augias is the one with the most overlap.
The degree of overlap between spot 3 & 4 here is so great that band is straight.
It will be great if there is an upperside for confirmation.
(I noticed that the margins of the spots here are also concave, so this feature is not really useful as an ID aid.)
TL Seow:cheers:
Thanks bos...:cheers:
Hi Innai,
Dont worry about all the verbiage on the post. They are meant for those curious to know.
The spots I am talking about are the 5 rectangular 'spots' that make up the straight main band on the forewing starting from the lowest upwards.
I have compared the underside with valid examples of Telicota augias and am confident it is this species.
TL Seow:cheers: