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    Default 03-Mar-07 WWW

    Went WWW for butt hunting. Species encountered are Leopard Lacewing, Plain Tiger, Blue Glassy Tiger, Common Caerulean, Dark Caerulean, Pointed Cilate Blue, Three-spot Grass Yellow, Gram Blue, Pea Blue, Malayan Eggfly, Tailless Line Blue, Lemon Emigrant, Orange Emigrant, Common Mormon, Autumn Leaf, Blue Pansy, Chocolate Pansy, Common Palmfly, Tawny Palmfly, Grey Sailor, Palm Bob, Orange Awlet, Potanthus spp., Odina hieroglyphica ortina (pic 1, record shot), UFO Skipper (pic 2), UFO flat (pic 3, Tagiades ultra?). Please help to ID the last two skippers.

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    Long time no see the Odina hieroglyphica ortina. Nice capture.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peacock Royal View Post
    Long time no see the Odina hieroglyphica ortina. Nice capture.
    I was surprised by the appearance of the Odina when I was going after the other UFO skipper. But this Odina was a very jumpy one, all the close-up shots were ruined by motion blur as it either jerked or took off at my flash/shutter.

    Any idea of the IDs of the other two? The UFO skipper (pic 2) actually has 5 spots on the hindwing more easily seen when viewed at an obligue angle.

    Horace

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    I'd say that UFO flat is a Tagiades ultra due to its full set of hindwing marginal spots.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Commander View Post
    I'd say that UFO flat is a Tagiades ultra due to its full set of hindwing marginal spots.
    Thanks, Khew for confirming the flat's ID. So I got a +2 outing today.
    As for the second pic skipper, do you think it is a Pelopidas spp. or a Baoris spp. or a Polytremis spp.?

    Horace

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    Not a Baoris I'd say. The other two genera are the most likely possibilities
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    Quote Originally Posted by Commander View Post
    Not a Baoris I'd say. The other two genera are the most likely possibilities
    Thanks, Khew for the genus ID.

    Horace

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