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Blue Nawab
19-Jul-2021, 11:36 PM
Dear Dr Seow,
Pls help with the following skippers' id for members, thanks so much.

#1
27249

#2
27250

#3
27251

#4
27252

#5
27253

#6
27254

#7
27255

Psyche
20-Jul-2021, 02:39 PM
1. Female Baoris farri.
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OHKEnvYQFjo/XQ8IEmKZNWI/AAAAAAAAWbU/Ii2hT8rahnUB_28uqXTYsu4Du5x0cmdPACLcBGAs/s450/Baoris_sp_03.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--3hV91wJVr8/U-d_VE7sNYI/AAAAAAAAO7U/yW1upfInyeE/s1600/HFH_3479-Baoris.jpg


2.Probably Potanthus omaha male.
Hard to tell in off-focus shot.
Veins seem more darkish.
P. omaha male.
https://thaibutterflies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Potanthus-omaha.jpg
http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist/mugshots/Potanthus%20omaha%20omaha/272%20Potanthus%20omaha%20omaha%20(Lesser%20Dart)% 20Bobby%20Mun.jpg

Compare P. ganda males.
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-r1T4ajMPuVQ/Wmfi2GgfpLI/AAAAAAAAOkY/jv666Pzc-P4hAR9LfytxbX4u--_eoqFnwCLcBGAs/s1600/Potanthus%2Bganda%2B%2528Ganda%2BDart%2529%2B%2528 6%2529.jpg
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1898/42653384170_471d9cb2cb_b.jpg


3. Telicota linna.
Veins across HW band not darken; Paler face & underparts.
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-79Gj7N-1GXc/Vz1Td5Ld2HI/AAAAAAAAmR4/95Ux0hx6rvQBix7nmXm2PYZenG8olIQ2wCLcB/s1600/TL_male_01.jpg


4. Female Baoris farri.
Note HW cellend is shaded paler (not always).


5. Borbo cinnara male.
Variant with reduced spots.
Greenish aspect. thicker antennal club; whiter face.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KaVjdL_FAME/U152N_2DObI/AAAAAAAAdUc/5BJKeJq6wCY/s1600/FS_adult_Khew_01.jpg


6. Telicota augias. male .Typically very orange.
More uniform orange including face.; veins not darken.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Hp7OPF_eJ6Q/U6ZQMNh6IkI/AAAAAAAAOPs/KFaTN4_wis4/s1600/HFH_2956-Palm-Dart-(Telicota-augias-augias).jpg

T. besta male. Veins lightly dark; Face paler.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NbpYa8XexNw/VJQtyK97NHI/AAAAAAAASl0/i77WR2aduOU/s1600/DSC_0294.JPG


7. Should be Borbo cinnara. Correction: B. cinnara
The markings are as for Borbo cinnara.
However the face is not white ? variant.
Addendum.
The face can be off white/ greyish.
https://singapore.biodiversity.online/species/A-Arth-Hexa-Lepidoptera-000015



TL Seow: Cheers.