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Thread: ID Needed for Skippers (12 Nov 2021)

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    Default ID Needed for Skippers (12 Nov 2021)

    Dear Dr Seow, Pls help with the skipper's id for members, thanks!

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    1. Female Caltoris philippina.

    The skipper have greenish ochreous scalings on the underside & the spots may be hard to see.
    The underside appeared coarse-textured.
    Antennal shafts are black.

    Male.
    https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-usQf1gKHp...t_Lemon_01.jpg

    Females.
    http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3m-dnKh43T...philippina.jpg
    https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DPQer73ti...lt_male_01.jpg




    Female Telicotas are harder to separate as the female is generally paler with paler underparts.
    This renders many female images confusingly similar to T. linna.

    2. Telicota linna female.

    The ground colour is darkish, heavier shading in the basal half.
    Thorax is greyer than the wing.
    The face & lower abdomen are paler.(Paleness of the underpart of the abdomen may be hard to see in semi topdown view.
    HW veins across the band not dark-dusted.
    http://www.butterflycircle.com/check..._female_02.jpg
    https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e_7pWdo7X..._female_03.jpg
    https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9976558
    https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...peg?1616027076


    Female Telicota besta.
    HW veins across the band lightly darkened.
    Generally only the face is paler.
    The ground colour is less shaded.
    Females.
    https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eEOUJSWaj...ale_03+(2).jpg
    https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OEM0FaXJU..._female_01.jpg
    https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/86418488
    Although the abdomen appears light, the veins across the HW band are darkened.
    https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...jpg?1621939704



    TL Seow: Cheers.
    Last edited by Psyche; 13-Nov-2021 at 02:35 PM.

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