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    Default Red Eye Skippers

    It's hard to ID these red eye skippers. Appreciate if someone could help.
    thanks.
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    Leonard

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    Could these two skippers be the same individual?
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    1. Common Redeye (Matapa aria)
    2, White-tipped Skipper (Erionota hiraca). Note shape of hindwing patch.
    3. Common Redeye. Ths shows how the colour changed with lighting condition.

    The two are not the same.
    4. White-tipped Skipper. Darker colour; hindwing patch irregular, constricted; forewing tip white patch extend to outer margin.
    5. Banana Skipper (Erionota thrax). Note shape of pale patch of hindwing & forewing tip; forewing outer margin (termen) straight.

    TL Seow

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    Thanks Seow for your valuable inputs.
    Leonard

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