ID Needed for Skippers (28 Oct 2021)

[Blue Nawab]

Dear Dr Seow,
Pls help with the IDs for members, thanks!

#1
Skipper 7.jpg

#2
Skipper 8.jpg

[Psyche]

1 Telicota colon stinga. male.


This quite a typical male.
The FW spots 4 & 5 are staggered out & often distorted.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...colon2-KSK.jpg

In the other species the two spots are fully overlapping & aligned.
T. besta.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...obby%20Mun.jpg
T. linna.
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-79Gj7N-1G...TL_male_01.jpg



2. Potanthus juno female.
FW spot 8 (uppermost subapical) is reduced to a dot.
It may also be absent.
HW underside with the upper spot of the band tending to be rounded.
UnH ground lightly dark - shaded, no black spot.

Singapore.
Male & female, Both here have only two subapical spots.
Note the upper end of the HW band tend to be round3ed.
FW spot 5 is usually smaller than spot 4.
Abdoinal with a blackish patch although all Potanthus females may have some dark shading dorsally.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eLxO6Cqrl-...it%2BBrown.jpg
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WroJpPq0U...Dart-KohCH.jpg


Female P. omaha for comparison.
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...peg?1628492880



TL Seow: Cheers.