This skipper was shot in 2015 and the markings look like some of the other swifts that I can't nail it down. Please help Dr Seow!
20150101-UFO Swift03-TEG.jpg
Thanks in advance!
This skipper was shot in 2015 and the markings look like some of the other swifts that I can't nail it down. Please help Dr Seow!
20150101-UFO Swift03-TEG.jpg
Thanks in advance!
Bob Cheong
It is another female Pelopidas agna.
The underside colouration of P. agna is quite uniformly brown .
Three males & two females.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tQNuynda7-...A_male_06b.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/---kNw2cMzX...A_male_05a.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QT1jRXkSVN...as+mathias.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ygTUZGa_yo..._female_01.jpg
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5655/...86905d29_b.jpg
Pair , male on the right.
http://farm9.static.flickr.com/8294/...15564c4777.jpg
In P. mathias the colour is uneven with paler whitish (grey actually) shadings especially in the marginal areas of both wings.
Two males & two females.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Gzu0QPtBPM...nded+Swift.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N51UGxm82d...2411-Swift.jpg
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...hee%20Ming.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0EK80AsaR7...2-SB-Swift.jpg
Pair, male on the left.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BGb_rVyMvE...nded-Swift.jpg
The two species are probably about equally common throughout their range.
TL Seow: Cheers.
Last edited by Psyche; 02-May-2018 at 04:35 PM. Reason: add. pix.
Thank you Dr Seow!
Bob Cheong