Parnara bada (with only two spots)
Antennae short with stubby clubs.
Examples with reduced nos. of spots not rare.
Parnara bada usually with 4-5 spots in a line. short antenna. thick club; hindwing sometimes with a cellspot right at the very end(apex).
Male with HW cellspot.Singapore.
https://static.inaturalist.org/photo...jpg?1443780933
Female India.
https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/P...W_IMG_9229.jpg
Female with two spots.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parnar...-09-09-001.jpg
Similar.
Borbo typically with 3 HW spots in space 2, 3, & 6; additional spots may be present; never less than 3.
Note spot 6 is always set further in than in Parnara.
B. cinnara .
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KaVjdL_FAM...lt_Khew_01.jpg
B. bevani .
http://dearlep.tw/images/Papilionoid...E%E8%8A%B3.jpg
The female Caltoris kumara usually have one HW spot 2.
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/med...Saji_ac507.jpg
TL Seow: Cheers.
Different authors have given keys to ID the Parnara species but are very confusing.
However, there is only one species in southern India ie P. bada.
The other three are found to the north & north east.
I am referring mainly to Evans.
P. bada; FW typically no cellspot, very rarely an upper cellspot. HW spots variable,yellowish, typically well separated & irregular in alignment ; may have no HW spot.
HW spot 6 present only in fully spotted forms.
Pair male on the left.
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5139/...eb908485ab.jpg
Male.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F...W_IMG_1077.jpg
Female.
http://dearlep.tw/species.html?namecode=345485
Parnara ganga . NE reagions.
FW may have a lower cellspot; HW spots yellowish , large ,close,slightly irregular, spot 6 absent (almost always).
Females.
http://www.flutters.org/home/photoga...isepereira.jpg
https://wingscales.com/content/record/481-1-0492e.jpg
Parnara apostata ;Northeast.
FW without cellspot.
HW spots white close in a straight line increasing in size downwards.HW spot 6 present.
Female.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R1LW7DbcOy...0/DSC_0338.JPG
Male.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/camerar/24127230969
Parnara guttata . North & northeast.
FW cellspots two in the male; female lower cellspot usually absent.
HW spots white in a straight row increasing downwards; HW spot 6 absent.
Female.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F...ta_bytreef.jpg
Male.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parnar...ra.guttata.jpg
2. Male skipper.
Profile shorter, FW apex more blunt. abdominal end square-cut brush-like.
Female skipper.
Proflie elongate ;FW more triangular, apex more pointed; abdominal end a slanting cut, may have a cleft at lower end.
TL Seow: Cheers.
Female Baoris farri .
Female wingshape, spot in space 1b; UnH without spots; Shape of FW spots are that of Baoris .
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sYt6GjV-T...s%2Bfarri1.jpg
https://alchetron.com/cdn/baoris-far...esize-750.jpeg
Polytremis lubricans ;UnH ochreous brown with a coarse texture, with spots; FW spots distinctly yellow; cellspots often conjoined; spot 2 very large, often oval.
https://wingscales.com/content/record/501-1-fa9bf.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ubricans_1.jpg
TL Seow: Cheers.
Greetingd Dr. Seow
All these images are taken from Sammilan Shetty Butterfly Park, Belvai at the base of the Western Ghats in Karnataka State, India
There are clippings from videos. Is it possible to identify these specimens sir?
1.01 by GKBaliga , on Flickr
2. Could this be a Bush Hopper?
02A by GKBaliga , on Flickr
3.Could this be a Pygmy Scrub Hopper?
03 by GKBaliga , on Flickr
4. All the following are of the same specimen
Could this be Potanthus Psuedomesa?
04 by GKBaliga , on Flickr
04a by GKBaliga , on Flickr
04B by GKBaliga , on Flickr
5. In this Oriens Goloides?
05 by GKBaliga , on Flickr
6. 06 by GKBaliga , on Flickr
Regards gkbaliga
07-Sep-2019, 07:44 PM
#10
Post 9.
1. should be Pelopidas mathias .
The underside is unevenly shaded grey .
P. thrax has a uniform ground colour; Male has a white brand .?Face & chest whiter.
http://www.eurobutterflies.com/sp/thrax.php
2 is Bush Hopper, Ampittia dioscorides.
3. is Pygmy Scrub Hopper.
The cilia is uniform grey.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp...achus-pygmaeus
In A jhora the cilia is chequered (Checkered).
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp...romachus-jhora
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