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Cruiser
08-Mar-2013, 10:35 PM
Breed this skipper from L5. It was feeding on sugarcane leave, appreciate any help with its ID:

Psyche
08-Mar-2013, 11:21 PM
The veins across the HW band are lightly darkened & the forewing spots are normally-shaped.
It can be quite difficult to separate the females of T. augias & T. besta.

The underside of the besta female is described as greenish ochreous while that of augias is orangey ochreous without the greenish tinge.
In photos, the colour always tend to be too orange & the grenish tinge hard to detect.

This looks correctly to be T. besta female.
There is a sort of greenish tinge which extends to the hairs on the body.

Female Telicota besta.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist%20V2/CI/mugshots/Telicota%20besta%20bina/Telicota_on_scleria_female_01.jpg

Female Telicota augias.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/Federick/USR/Telicotaspp_atUSROct2004.jpg

TL Seow:cheers:

Cruiser
08-Mar-2013, 11:28 PM
Dr Seow, thanks for the ID suggestion and explanation.