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Blue Nawab
18-Oct-2020, 09:13 PM
Dear Dr Seow,
Please help with the ID for the following skippers for friends, thanks!
#1
26741
#2
26742
26743

Psyche
18-Oct-2020, 10:27 PM
1. Taractrocera archias quinta female.
Two features are characteristic.
1. The antennal club is rounded ,without an apiculus (tip).
2. The HW have a 'hockeystick' mark in the cell.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/92610020.html


2. Oriens gola pseudolus.
There is a distinctive black bar at the cellends of both wings on the underside.
That on the FW can only be seen with the FW raised.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/2017/171_18188-430-591769bf3d27e-2.jpg
https://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist/mugshots/Oriens%20gola%20pseudolus/271%20Oriens%20gola%20pseudolus%20(Common%20Dartle t)%20Bobby%20Mun.jpg


TL Seow; Cheers.