Appreciate if someone can confirm the ID of this skipper. Thanks.
Telicota besta bina (Besta Palm Dart), Female?
Appreciate if someone can confirm the ID of this skipper. Thanks.
Telicota besta bina (Besta Palm Dart), Female?
-Loke
The ID should be correct.
The underside hindwing of the female of T. besta is ochreous with a greenish tinge which is poorly seen in photos, but discernable here.
The female of T. colon is similarly coloured, but forewing spots 4 & 5 are notched or distorted. (Also little overlap between spot 3 & 4, but hard to judge this here.)
Note the shape of spots 4 & 5 ,and the vein extension of spot 2 & 3.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l3LyxN8vCa...icota%2Bsp.jpg
Another one, dark shading incomplete; ?lighting effect.( colour too deep).
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0EK80AsaR7...1-Telicota.jpg
The female of T. augias is more orangey & the indentation on the upper inner margin of the hindwing band is smaller (more noticeable on the upperside).
http://media.photobucket.com/image/t...cotasp.jpg?o=1
The female of T. linna have the hindwing veins not darkened.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0EK80AsaR7...ge+Skipper.jpg
The female of T. ohara have the ground colour dusky (dark-shaded).
Female from Taiwan.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3569/4...716f167f_z.jpg
This Ubin female is probably correct. Note more even duskiness.
http://media.photobucket.com/image/t...z-640.jpg?o=48
TL Seow
Last edited by Psyche; 18-Sep-2012 at 01:10 PM. Reason: add. info
Thanks, Seow
-Loke