ID request for Skippers

[Ngangom Aomoa]

Requesting ID for the following skippers.

1a.
27509
1b.
27510

2a.
27511
2b.
27512

3a.
27513
3b.
27514

4a.
27515
4b.
27516

Thanks in advance.

[Psyche]

1 & 2. Baoris chapmani.

3. Female Baoris unicolor.

4. Female Caltoris kumara moorei.
Note pale area on antenna, no cellspot, & UnH white spot in space 2.



Baoris usually have blackish antennae.
The pale area is very small on the underside & not easily seen in side view or above.
Veins are more strongly raised.
A pale area in space 1b UnF is always present.

Baoris chapmani.
Some authors consider this a subspecies of B. penincillata.
Evans state no cellspots & the rest reduced.
In SE Asia taxon chapmani may have occasional cellspot ,& the female may rarely be fully spotted.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/93230020.html

https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/BaorisChapmani/BaorisChapmani_KrushnameghKunte_ag472.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/BaorisChapmani/BaorisChapmani_KrushnameghKunte_ag471.jpg

https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/2016/137_12179-51-57473d83d5b71-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/2016/137_12179-51-57473d83d5b71-2.jpg


Baoris unicolor.
Evans state both sexes unmarked.
UnF with a pale area in space 1b.

Note black paintbrush on UpH.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/BaorisUnicolor/BaorisUnicolor_KrushnameghKunte_ag464.jpg

https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/2020/1514_60620-313-5eee5d15d78f2-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/2020/1514_60620-313-5eee5d15d78f2-2.jpg

Caltoris kumara.
Most Caltoris have a larger & more prominent pale area on the antenna,visible in side view.
Females of C. bromus & kumara may /may not have 1 or 2 white spots in space 2 & 3 UnH.


TL Seow :Cheers.

[Ngangom Aomoa]

May I add few more for ID:

5. Baoris chapmani or unicolor?
27517

6a.
27518
6b.
27519
UP do looks like Polytremis discreta / P. etola, but UN does not match.

Please help. Thanks

[Psyche]

5. Probably Baoris chapmani.

The HW have probably some injury marks.
The FW have some tiny spots. most noticeable is a spot 6, a spot 7, & an upper cellspot at the base of vein 10, in the correct position.
This is similar to this.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/2020/435_21442-430-59fff6964b8df-2.jpg

In B. farri the upper cellspot seem to at the base of vein 11, but this is possiblely variable.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/itchydogimages/7863317448
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/2016/305_12826-487-578f90de94ccc-1.jpg

The main difficulty is that B. farri also have forms with reduced spotting & looks exactly like B. chapmani.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/93210001.html
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/93230020.html

It appears that B. chapmani is generally darker.




6. Female Pelopidas assamensis.

The UnH have a cell spot & spot 4 & 5 are conjoined.
The cellspots on the UpF are conjoined but this also occur in P. assamensis.
Females .
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/2020/523_65009-863-5f4b144c7ab09-1.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/2020/1_65009-863-5f4b144c7ab09-2.jpg
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/2015/233_4654-493-55093e0d6388d-1.jpg



TL Seow: Cheers.

[Ngangom Aomoa]

Thanks a lot sir for your help. Let me familiarize myself with the id points of Baoris and Caltoris with what you have given. I ve really learnt a lot, was totally illiterate about them. I will request for your help for other genera in future. Thanks a lot.