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JitLeangFoo
20-Nov-2017, 01:27 PM
All recorded at Bt Panjang Butterfly Park, Singapore. 18 Nov 2017

1.Taractrocera archias?
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2. Pelopidas assamensis?
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3. Pelopidas conjunctus?
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4. Telicota Besta?
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Psyche
20-Nov-2017, 07:49 PM
1. Taractrocera archias is right.

2.Pelopidas agna. The Un. HW is uniformly brown

P. assamensis is very large ,dark with distinctly white spots on both wings, & a white patch on antennal shaft behind the club.
http://www.flutters.org/home/photogallery/plog-content/images/butterfliesbrnbspnbspnbsphesperiidae-the-skippers-br/subfamily-hesperiinae--brnbspnbspnbsp-genus-pelopidas--swift-/great_swift_1_jatishwor_irungbam_5.jpg
http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist/mugshots/Pelopidas%20assamensis/Great%20Swift%20-%20Tan%20Ben%20Jin.jpg

3. Pelopidas conjunctus is right :Large, medium brown; FW with yellow spots; both FW cellspots rather elongate.
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/PelopidasConjuncta/01PelopidasConjuncta_AbhaySoman_ag110.jpg
http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist/mugshots/Pelopidas%20conjunctus%20conjunctus/Conjoined%20Swift%20-%20James%20Chia.jpg

P. mathias/agna have pale buff spots. FW cellspots rounded & usually small.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eYsLtkDVM7A/VK_vH20SNVI/AAAAAAAAfxQ/90i1_OxhG2M/s1600/SBS_adult_upperside_02.jpg

4. Female Telicota colon. FW with spots 4 & 5 each further out from the one below it; spots with strong concave margins.
Male
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iRfNeV5wQzA/UKzN8heYtNI/AAAAAAAAIoU/f3aJKVW5sQk/s1600/PalmDart-LemonTea.jpg
https://wingscales.com/content/record/600-1-c1619.jpg
Female.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-grsw9HIBWI4/VAxfuqQLhFI/AAAAAAAAQFU/ARBSsNRqbFI/s1600/HFH3772-Telicota%2Bcolon%2Bstinga.jpg


TL Seow: Cheers.
JitLeangFoo
21-Nov-2017, 11:32 AM
Thank you.

Could this be a Pelodias assamensis? It is very large.
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Psyche
21-Nov-2017, 05:23 PM
It is a male P. conjunctus. Note FW spots are yellowish; HW spots whitish; overall medium brown colour; antennae without prominent white patches.
Also P. assamensis is larger still. FW 25-27mm.
P. conjunctus FW 21-24mm.

The spots on P. assamensis are very white ,the FW spots are large.
http://m6.i.pbase.com/g9/25/686825/2/153334206.2VYGH91T.jpg
http://www.samuibutterflies.com/02_images/travels/hesperiidae/pelopidasassamensis.mr.jpg


TL Seow: Cheers.