Please ID Skipper2, Thanks.

[Yong San]

Hello,
Well, this one was taken at Alexandra Hospital garden.
The closest match that I can get is Eetion Elia but the white portion
look a little different from the Corbet book. I am not sure about the
ID, and hope you can help me. Thank you.
regards, << Yong >>

[Commander]

Hello,
Well, this one was taken at Alexandra Hospital garden.
The closest match that I can get is Eetion Elia but the white portion
look a little different from the Corbet book. I am not sure about the
ID, and hope you can help me. Thank you.
regards, << Yong >>

Frankly speaking, I'm also stumped. At AH???

This looks like nothing close to anything I've seen before in Singapore. Capture it, and we may have to name this new species after you!

It's not an Eetion elia. That species has the underside of the abdomen totally white. Your specimen here has banded abdomen.

[Yong San]

Hello Mr. Khew,
That's interesting finding.
Thanks again for your time.
Regards, << Yong >>

[Cruiser]

Welcome to the forum and possibily yet another TBD! for AH/S'pore

[Viscount]

Could it be a hoary palmer(unkana ambasa batera)?
Reported sighting here on the 08th Sept 2002 at Kranji by Commander, Simon and Gan.

[Commander]

Could it be a hoary palmer(unkana ambasa batera)?
Reported sighting here on the 08th Sept 2002 at Kranji by Commander, Simon and Gan.

Thanks for the suggestion. But the Hoary Palmer is a lot more distinctive in its undersides. Unless Yong San's specimen is an aberration ("freak" of nature), it's more likely to be something else. Some escapee from plants that have been brought in from overseas e.g. Malaysia/Indonesia could also be a possibility.

The Hoary Palmer looks like this :