Skipper ID Needed

[Blue Nawab]

Dr Seow and experts, need help for this skipper's ID. There's a tinge of blue at the edge of the wings...Thanks!
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8494/8297264648_4acc2a39f0_b_d.jpg

[Peacock Royal]

Nice and sharp :thumbsup:

[Psyche]

This is Caltoris bromus.

A bit of the upper cellspot can be seen above the upper hindwing margin.
This means there are two cell-spots present.
Forewng & hindwing have the same brown tone.
There is a pale patch behind the antennal club.

This pic probably shows the right colour tone for this species.
Not sure of the sex, probably female.

TL Seow:cheers:

[Blue Nawab]

Nice and sharp :thumbsup:

Thanks Fed for spotting this very rare skipper.


This is Caltoris bromus.

A bit of the upper cellspot can be seen above the upper hindwing margin.
This means there are two cell-spots present.
Forewng & hindwing have the same brown tone.
There is a pale patch behind the antennal club.

This pic probably shows the right colour tone for this species.
Not sure of the sex, probably female.

TL Seow:cheers:

Thanks Dr Seow for the ID!

[Psyche]

The colouration was rather different here as stated in my earlier post.
This prompt me to take a 2nd look.
I believed this is another example of a female Caltoris cahira austeni.
The larger rounded FW spots & dark brown scalings on the HW indicate this.
Federick's example
20567
Example from Taiwan
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8170/7969810082_4448f3ce8b_z.jpg


Female C. bromus
http://i860.photobucket.com/albums/ab169/rustysocute123/Screenshot2012-08-04atPM094518.png
Male C. bromus.
20570

Female C. cormasa.
20569

Female C. malaya
20568

TL Seow:cheers:

[Psyche]

This male by YiKai/Lemon ID'ed as C. bromus male had puzzled me because of its dark colour.
I think this is correctly the male C. cahira.

It is darker brown with little of the reddish tint; upper cell spot rounded. Spots are smaller here but is normal variation in the male.
On the hindwing there are darker chocolate scalings, in particular the upper space 6 & 7 are noticeably darkened.
This is also clearly seen in both the females by Cher Hern & Federick.

(Note, wear & loss of scales would otherwise cause fading & a greyish appearance.)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8289/7493883310_4bb46ec2d2.jpg

A male cahira from Taiwan for comparison.
20577

Horace's bred male C. bromus.
20576

TL Seow:cheers:
PS. Another suspect female cahira. Note similar darkening of HW space 6 & 7.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0EK80AsaR7g/TLFIL_LsEqI/AAAAAAAADeU/I852hxwNLPk/s400/DSC0760-Caltoris_filtered.jpg