Skipper ID request

[Psyche]

Correction. Post 63

The male should be Telicota besta .

The HW veins are raised with shadowlines.


TL Seow: Cheers.

[LJK1410]

Hi Dr Seow,

Need assistance with this Pelopidas sp. The FW spots are aligned. Thank you!

Pelopidas assamensis?
Attachment 28031

Dr Seow,

Looking back at this one, could it be a Parnara sp. instead? Antennae also seem short and stubby along with the aligned FW spots.

[Psyche]

Dr Seow,
http://www.butterflycircle.com/attac...chmentid=28031
Looking back at this one, could it be a Parnara sp. instead? Antennae also seem short and stubby along with the aligned FW spots.

It is a female Pelopidas mathias.

Some examples of Pelopidas do have the subapical spots aligned rather straight.
The HW spot is diagnostic if present.
It is placed near the origin of vein 6.
Female P. mathias.
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...602/large.jpeg
Female P. agna
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...5093/large.jpg

In Parnara if the HW cellspot is present, it is at the origins of veins 3 & 4.
FW subapical spots 6 & 7 are always aligned ,if spot 8 is present, then all three are in a straight line.
Antennae are very short.
Two known species.

Parnara bada.
Upperside FW spot 3 quadrate & equidistant from spots 2 & 4.
Underside HW spots small & separate. HW spot 6 often present.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/93050001.html
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...372/large.jpeg
https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/2464963/large.jpg
https://static.inaturalist.org/photo...6869/large.jpg
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...769/large.jpeg


Parnara ganga.
Upperside FW spot 3 semi-rectangular & placed nearer to spot 2 than to spot 4.
Underside HW spots usually large & close together, spot 6 almost always absent.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/93040001.html
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...351/large.jpeg
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...2249/large.jpg

All fieldshots from Singapore.


TL Seow: Cheers.