Sovia spp 1

[Tshulthrim]

Dear Dr. Seow,
I took this skipper picture at an elevation of 3000metres in eastern Bhutan,it's open wing looks bit different from Sovia Grahami or can this be P.pandita la, can you help me with it's identity la.
Can this be Sovia spp.

https://flic.kr/p/2mkWue4
https://flic.kr/p/2mkVmEY

[Psyche]

I think you have lump two different species together.

Both Pedesta pandita & panda have orange tip antennae.
Sovia grahami do not, the tip is black.
Pedesta have spots 2 & 3 large close together.
Sovia have smaller separated spots 2 & 3.


There are many errprs in Butterflies of India on Pedesta.


P. pandita.
Antennal tip orange.
FW spots 2 & 3 together & far from the cellspot.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/PedestaPandita/PedestaPandita_GauravAgavekar_aa653.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/PedestaPandita/31PedestaPandita_KrushnameghKunte_aa752.jpg


P. panda.
Antennal tip orange.
FW spots 2 & 3 closer, but spot 2 is near the cellspot.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/2019/279_30130-4-5b1aa5919ed5f-2.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/2019/279_30130-4-5b1aa5919ed5f-1.jpg


This below is also P. panda, not P. pandita.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/2018/93_29702-823-5b0a52bd23ca2-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/2018/93_29702-823-5b0a52bd23ca2-2.jpg



]Sovia grahami.
[/I]Antennal tip black.
FW swpots 2 & 3 small, bot well separated from the cellspot. (spot 2 is nearer spot 3 than the cellspot)
Spot 3 sometimes very small as in this pic below, usually larger.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/2019/94_45895-244-5d983bea010aa-2.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/2019/94_45895-244-5d983bea010aa-1.jpg


Your 1st pic have orange tip antenna & is Pedesta probably P. pandita.

Your 2nd pic have black tipped antenna is correctly Sovia grahami.



TL Seow: Cheers.

[Tshulthrim]

Thank you so much Dr. Seow, i thought this was same skipper la��