ID request - Lata Bayu Hutan Lipur, near Baling, Kedah - December 18, 2023

[SL Liew]

Dear Dr. Seow,
Need your help to id following from my revisit to Lata Bayu Hutan Lipur, near Baling, Kedah on Dec 18, 2023.


#1 Skipper
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194291693


#2 Skipper
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194291694


#3 Skipper
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194342799


#4 Skipper
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194291697


#5 Skipper
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194291703


#6 Skipper
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194344482


#7 Oakblue
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194292860


#8 Palm Fly
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194291735


#9 Palm Fly
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194292863

#10 Ypthima sp - looks like Y fasciata but missing ring in space 4
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194292882


Thank you. Best regards, SL Liew

[Psyche]

1.https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194291693

Male Baoris farri.
Fully spotted ,3 subapical, two cellspots.
Antennae blackish, without a pale area.
See Ranong male.
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/93210001.html
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sites/default/files/observation/Baoris%20farri_1672153481_242470.jpg

[Psyche]

2.https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194291694

3. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194342799

Males Hyarotis microstictum.
Note white spotted antennal club.
Underside with a dark fascia FW & HW.
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/91840001.html
https://thaibutterflies.com/Butterflies/hyarotis-microsticta/

[Psyche]

4. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194291697

Male Hyarotis microstictum.
Note white tip antennal club.
UnF pale area can be present; See Yala male.
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/91840001.html

[Psyche]

5. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194291703

Baoris farri male.
fully spotted. Antennae blackish.

[SL Liew]

Thanks so much Dr. Seow for your ids. Best regards, SL Liew

[Psyche]

6.https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194344482

The spotting is as for the male Baoris.
3 subapical spots ,cellspot & blackish antennae.

[Psyche]

7. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194292860
Most likely Arhopala moolaiana.

The markings are as for the amphimuta group.

The two northerly spwcies ,moolaiana & norda tend to have a prominent white dot on the HW tornus.
However it can be somewhat obscure in A. moolaiana.

a. moolaiana can be identified by the fat 'V" spot in HW space 1b. Above it the postdiscal band is barely dislocated.
https://thaibutterflies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Arhopala-moolaiana.jpg
A. norda the 'V' spot better formed & the white spot always prominent.
https://thaibutterflies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Arhopala-norda.jpg

[Psyche]

8.https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194291735
THe blue fW have paler blue streaks.
https://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20p?see=I_DJL340&res=640

E. malelas now known as far south as Selangor is similar in the field, but with rounded spots.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sites/default/files/1_71658-608-5f8b29100e111-2.jpg

[Psyche]

9. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194292863

Male E. hypermnestra probably ssp. tinctoria.
Ssp tinctoria is the subspecies in the north.
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/sat/40040020.html

[Psyche]

10. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194292882

Ypthima fasciata torone.Aberration.

There is no other species in which the two inner fasciae are broadly parallel, in line .
The ocelli are also in line & connected by a dark fascia.
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/sat/41040010.html
https://nlliew66butterflies.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-horsfields-six-ring-ypthima.html

The next closest is Y. savara.
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/sat/41070001.html


TL Seow: Cheers.

[SL Liew]

Thanks again for all the ids. Appreciate it. SL :)