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Thread: ID help, please!

  1. #1
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    Default ID help, please!

    Dear Dr Seow,

    A friend seek help to confirm ID for this skipper, please?
    It does not looked like a Great Swift!

    243493790_4695873300424975_8592951596086601403_n.jpg

    Regards
    Cheng Ai

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    Male Pelopidas mathias.


    Pelopidas mathias FW 16/17 mm.
    FW spots pale yellowish.
    Underside tinged grey with a dirty look.
    Males.
    https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NQjrfm7_w...enedict_01.jpg
    https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...skiCg&usqp=CAU

    Pelopidas agna. FW 17/18 mm.
    FW spots pae yellowish.
    Underside uniform brown/ochreous with a clean look.
    Males.
    https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tQNuynda7...A_male_06b.jpg
    https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Hw681ALm5...ded+Swift+.jpg



    Pelopidas assamensis; FW 24/26 mm. Twice as large as P. mathias.
    Deep brown.
    FW spots distinctly white & large.
    HW spots white & very variable.
    Antenna with a broad white band.
    Males.
    http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...0Ben%20Jin.jpg
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/me...c5016c6e-1.jpg


    Pelopidas conjunctus (P. conjuncta) FW 21mm.
    Medium brown ;FW spots yellow, larger & HW spots white.
    https://wanderingbutterflyeffect.fil...2468f1860b.jpg
    https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FvDO3Lfw_...lt_Khew_03.jpg



    TL Seow : Cheers.
    Last edited by Psyche; 10-Oct-2021 at 08:41 AM.

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    Many thanks, Dr Seow!

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