An accidental +1

[Commander]

I was walking around one of our recent favourite shooting spots when I saw this not unusual boring brown skipper perched on a leaf. I was wondering whether it was the normal Contiguous Swift or not.

I shot it anyway, and even managed to use a tripod to shoot.

When reviewing the shots, I noticed a couple of shots where it had jumped and showed its forewing spots. That's when I realised that this is not the usual common bugger that we normally encounter. A closer scrutiny confirmed that this is a Pugnacious Lancer (Pemara pugnas pugnans) and one which I had encountered many years back at NSP. Horace recently shot one too.

Oh well, a +1 nevertheless, even though it looks ordinary like anything...

Pugnacious Lancer perched on a leaf
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Left view of the same Pugnacious Lancer
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Jumping Pugnacious Lancer due to flash. Compare the spots with the specimen on Plate 37 Fig 1
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Another blur jumping shot
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[horace2264]

Wow. Great find!

Congrats for a rare +1.

[benetay]

Why i can't see any pictures??

[Commander]

Looks like FireFox got problems with this version of VB.

[benetay]

Firefox can't view, safari too.

[Silverstreak]

Great!

I look for it high and low and you found it by accident!

Looks like I have to go after it now!

same here seems like some bugs on java script of firefox on this version of Vbulletin. IE can view .

[benetay]

I still can't see anything. I don't have any software to view it.

Even if i can't view, still have to congrats on the plus one!

Cheers!

[Commander]

I still can't see anything. I don't have any software to view it.

Even if i can't view, still have to congrats on the plus one!

Thanks, Bene. You don't have IE7?

Wow. Great find!
Congrats for a rare +1.

It didn't look like a potential +1 when I first saw it. Just one of those brown fellas perched on a leaf.

Great!

I look for it high and low and you found it by accident!

Looks like I have to go after it now!

I believe the host plant is one of those bamboos or gingers nearby. This one looked fresh and recently eclosed.

Take a look at your brown skipper UFO shots. The sub-apical spots are different from the common brown skippers that we usually encounter as shown in the attached figure. Maybe you've already shot this before but didn't know! (like the Jamides which I shot some time back!)

[Peacock Royal]

Congrats, Khew.
Must dig out my old shots and check again.

[Painted Jezebel]

A +1 for the Master!!!! That is a rare event. Congrats SK.