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Chestnut Bob
28-Apr-2018, 01:51 AM
I shot this skipper way back in 2015. Is this a Small Branded Swift or Conjoined Swift?

Thanks in Advance!
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Psyche
28-Apr-2018, 07:36 AM
Female Pelopidas agna.


P. mathias :Small ;spots buff, off-white; Underside ground colour uneven ,with whitish(-grey) shadings.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist/mugshots/Pelopidas%20mathias%20mathias/small%20banded%20swift%20-bene.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Zld9bl5mdBo/VLKKIqUe-XI/AAAAAAAAf08/O8JvOpe6umE/s1600/SBS_adult_01.jpg


P. agna :Small/medium ; Underside ground colour more uniformly brown.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Hw681ALm5FU/UFXjb_4D9qI/AAAAAAAAGl0/5g2mXz48cNs/s1600/DSC2521+Small+Branded+Swift+.jpg
https://www.thaibutterflies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Pelopidas-agna.jpg


P. conjunctus :Medium/large ; Underside fairly uniform brown; FW spots yellow,large ;HW spots white.
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FvDO3Lfw_To/VwiMznz4M2I/AAAAAAAAmCc/nvyGYR91VEIRPMXu_8UtbWohigle6IdhQ/s1600/PC_adult_Khew_03.jpg
https://www.thaibutterflies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Pelopidas-conjunctus.jpg


P. assamensis :Large ;spots white on both wings; antenna broadly white-banded.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist/mugshots/Pelopidas%20assamensis/Great%20Swift%20-%20Tan%20Ben%20Jin.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GvO4d_AYVkU/VnX_rdhVhhI/AAAAAAAAX1c/i15-iVwhrA0/s1600/DSC_0263.JPG


TL Seow: Cheers.

Chestnut Bob
28-Apr-2018, 08:34 AM
Thank you so much Dr Seow!

:cheers: