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Angiud
21-Dec-2011, 08:40 PM
Maybe it's just me being a newbie, but I cannot ID this Dart, it looks different from any of the Hesperiidae I know. :embrass:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7017/6548206649_3f3ed8d97e_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/angiud/6548206649/)
A Dart (http://www.flickr.com/photos/angiud/6548206649/)

Any input?
Psyche
22-Dec-2011, 12:47 AM
It is impossible to ID a Dart from just the underside of the forewing. At the very least, the underside of the hindwing is needed.

TL Seow:cheers:
Angiud
22-Dec-2011, 12:38 PM
Sorry, you're right! :embrass:
Psyche
22-Dec-2011, 03:03 PM
Sorry, you're right! :embrass:

No apologies required.

I have just realised that there are some distinctive features here. The outside margins of the three subapical spots and both margins of the two spots in space 4 & 5 are marked with black spots.

It has to be Potanthus ganda.

TL Seow:cheers:
Monique
27-Dec-2011, 11:49 PM
They really look different and are very small. Have it already striped from my to-shoot- list ;-) but those darts are also difficult to ID for me, so glad with this forum! Beautiful capture!