Butterfly ID

[tanghb]

Could you help me ID these:

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u305/tanghb2/Insect%20ID/20110801_1230_skipper_a.jpg

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u305/tanghb2/Insect%20ID/20110801_1231b_skipper_b.jpg
This is probably the same individual as the first one.


http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u305/tanghb2/Insect%20ID/20110802_1103c_butterfly.jpg

[Psyche]

This is an interesting skipper.
The upperside is very dark grey with 2 cell spots, the lower one very large.
The underside of the hindwing is a dull ochreous (worn) & without spots.

It may looks like a female Contiguous Swift, but lack of hindwing spots, wingbase & body hair colour are all wrong.

It is a Caltoris and the only with 2 cell spots & ochreous shading on the underside of the hindwing is C. bromus.(the other C. sirius doesn't match in the spots.)
It is probably this species.

The 2nd is the Malayan Sunbeam (C. santana).

TL Seow:cheers:

[tanghb]

Thank you, Seow, for your help.

Yes, the skipper looks unusual to me, and is larger (~24mm) than those I usually see.