Uncle Seow, I'm confused on how to differentiate the male and female Branded Swifts. Initially, I thought that males have a cell spot while females have none.
So, how do we differentiate the genders?:hmmm:
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Uncle Seow, I'm confused on how to differentiate the male and female Branded Swifts. Initially, I thought that males have a cell spot while females have none.
So, how do we differentiate the genders?:hmmm:
It is quite staightforeward, look at the end of the abdomen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blue Jay
As uncle Les said, look at the end of the abdomen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blue Jay
In the mating pair I have made a mistake in stating the male is on the left .
I have made the correction.
The male is the one on the right side with the pale underside.
It has narrower & more pointy forewings.
The adominal tip in the male is a brush-like square-cut.
The abdominal tip in the female is a slant-cut often with a notch at the lower end.
TL Seow:cheers:
06 Apr 2012
Morning session
Mycalesis perseoides
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012upload1.jpg
Mycalesis perseoides(different individual)
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012uplaod2.jpg
Late afternoon session
Potanthus trachala(Detached Dart)
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012upload5.jpg
Scarlet Flash(female)
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012upload3.jpg
Common Red Flash(male)
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...12upload11.jpg
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...12upload13.jpg
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...12upload12.jpg
Continued in the next post...:cheers:
Continued...
Late afternoon session
Potanthus ganda(male)
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012upload8.jpg
Potanthus omaha(female)
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012upload7.jpg
Potanthus omaha
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012upload6.jpg
Potanthus omaha(different individual)
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012uplaod9.jpg
Mycalesis visala
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...12upload10.jpg
Chocolate Grass Yellow
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012upload4.jpg
Cheers:cheers:
Post 84
Should be Scarlet Flash female-too brown.
Post 85
1 Potanthus ganda male (hindwing veins not darkened,;forewing similar to mingo but mingo very rare.)
2. P. omaha female (hindwing veins darkened)
3 & 4(on white flower) possibly P. pava female. (fat abdomen ;slant -cut tip.)
Forewing band broad & straight.
Hindwing upper with large square spot in space 6 (upper end of band.)
Shape of hindwing band not as in P. omaha female.
Is this large as in Large Dart(P. serina) or P. trachala?
If so ID confirmed. If small possibly an unusual P. omaha.
TL Seow:cheers:
Uncle Seow,thanks for the ids.:cheers:Quote:
Originally Posted by Psyche
I think the flash is a Suffused Flash as the tornal spot is surrounded by orange, which is not seen in the Scarlet Flash.:)
The female Suffused Flash is yellow like this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blue Jay
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...Sunny-Chir.jpg
TL Seow:cheers:
19 May 2012
Semanga superba deliciosa(female) (cropped)
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012upload2.jpg
Chestnut Bob
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012upload4.jpg
Malayan Lascar
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012upload3.jpg
Looks like an unusual fella to me...
Common Palmfly (cropped)
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012uplaod1.jpg
Cheers:cheers:
Thanks for highlighting, Uncle Seow.:cheers:Quote:
Originally Posted by Psyche
24 June 2012
Let's start with one record and end with another record.:)
Kudos to Mark for spotting this.
Paintbrush Swift(male):redbounce :redbounce
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012uplaod2.jpg
Little Branded Swift(male)
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012uplaod1.jpg
Vinous Oakblue
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012uplaod4.jpg
Narrow Spark
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012uplaod3.jpg
Cheers:cheers:
Brian, I am very bad with skippers, how did you ID the Quedara monteithi?
If Brian is correct with the id of Quedara monteithi (male), let me share my shot of the same individual....
EC, amazing hand-holding skills. At 1/40s and your on medications, the shot is still razor sharp!Quote:
Originally Posted by Alfa
We shall let the experts around confirm the ID on the Q. monteithi then :hmmm:
I hope you do not mind that it is not Id'ed scientifically. Also, pls refer to butterflies of sg book as C&P4 does not explain how to diffrentiate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Archduke
Reason 1: If you look at the tornus of the forewing, you will find that it is slightly paler than the rest of the wing. Other skippers such as the Forest Hopper on my possible list do not have this feature.
Reason 2: The area between the head and the first pair of legs(on the side of the wing) have an obvious brown line.
Reason 3: Forest Hopper has some palpi pointing "north-east". Other skippers have a round layer of palpi surrounding the eye or have the palpi at the top being "uneven".
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Brian,
Although after reading the information on pg 363 - 364 in C&P4, I have am still equally clueless =X. The specimen photo on plage 55, #34 dont show much either =\
I think, unscientifically, the biggest clue for a positive ID may be reason 2 (i am comparing the photos on Khew's book). The specimen we shot is a little worn though. If we get the Q. monteithi it will be a big blessing though.
Uncle Seow, how do we differentiate Banded Demon from Q. monteithi?:hmmm:
Here... a couple of pictures paint a thousand words. But you should still take heed of Unclue Seow's words on how to differentiate the two. This is only limited to the separation of the female Q. monteithi, since the males are brown and unmarked.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blue Jay
Good question, Brian.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blue Jay
They actually look very similar.
Both have the palpi 2nd segments(which covers the proboscis) large and bulging in front of the eyes.
Notocrypta (Demons) have more prominent palpi 3rd segments the 2 knobs which sit on top of the 2nd segments.
The body is brown; antennal club has a faint white patch ( not always seen in photos).
The shape of the white band (if exposed) is different.
The spot in space 4 may be present.
Quedara have the palpi 3rd segment almost invisible; a dark grey (blackish) body. No extra hyaline spot; different white band; antennal club black.
The male looks like a small Paintbrush Swift (Baoris), but is unspotted, the palpi 2nd segments are bulging, & the hindwing cilia are dark grey.
TL Seow:cheers:
The Arhopala looks to be correctly the Vinous Oakblue(A. athada). It should be fairly large (larger than A. major)
Hindwing submarginal & postdiscal bands well separated.
Hindwing spot 6 broad enough to bridge or touches the cellend bar & spot 5 below.
Forewing spot 9 not dislocated or shifted out of position.
The shape of spot 6 here (hindwing) is somewhat atypical for A. athada. The usual shape is slightly convex on the inner margin & slight concave or with an indentation on the outer margin.
TL Seow:cheers:
Thanks Mr Khew!:cheers:Quote:
Originally Posted by Commander
Quote:
Originally Posted by Psyche
Thanks Uncle Seow for the IDs and explanations!:cheers:Quote:
Originally Posted by Psyche
01 Jul 2012
There are two +1s today. Let's start with those two.
Banded Demon(male):redbounce
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012upload2.jpg
To get this shot, my father had to "lend" me his foot for me to place my right knee while proning. The tarmac was really prickly.:cry:
Eurema simulatrix tecmessa(male):redbounce
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012uplaod4.jpg
Malay Viscount(male)
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012upload1.jpg
Cheers:cheers:
01 September 2012
Plain Tiger(male)
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012upload1.jpg
Slate Flash?
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012upload2.jpg
Cheers:cheers:
Slate Flash Rapala manea is right.
TL Seow:cheers:
Thanks for the Id confirmation, Uncle Seow!:cheers:Quote:
Originally Posted by Psyche
Well done... in true BC style and elegance! William
Thanks Uncle William for the kind words!:cheers:Quote:
Originally Posted by WillFolsom
09 September 2012
Only 2 butterflies on this cloudy morning...:cry:
1. Jamides celeno
2. Hypolimnas anomala anomala
Cheers:cheers:
PS: Uncle Seow, the blur jamides shot is for confirmation of upperside(if the ID is wrong)
The ID is correct.
You can see the upperside dark border of the male J. celeno.
TL Seow:cheers:
Thanks for the confirmation, Uncle Seow!:cheers:Quote:
Originally Posted by Psyche
Uncle Seow, do you think this swift is P. agna or P. mathias? The photos were shot with flash and I am not sure if the grey tinge is "washed off" by it, if it is mathias. :thinking: This butterfly was shot few months ago.
I was at Sungei Buloh today with Mr Khew and a few others. There were lots of Sumatran Sunbeams today (as usual).
1. C. tagalica [female]
2. C. saronis(female)
3. Cabbage White
4. Jacintha Eggfly(male)
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I would leave the swift as P. mathias.
The 2 species can be quite difficult to separate.
This is a pristine individual & the forewing shows a dark shading.
The Sunbeams are rather confusing in Singapore.
If we were to follow the key the 1st is C. tagalica & the 2nd C. saronis.
However the undersides appeared to be identical.
C. saronis female.
Note the end of the forewing band is more rounded & the hindwing band narrower.
The image of the male with the red legs is no longer available.
Note the antennal tips seem to be a brighter orange.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...Sunny-Chir.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0SkEnFnlt-...eam+Female.jpg
Tentative C. tagalica.
Male
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...raSunbeam1.jpg
Female. Note end of forewing band slightly slanted & irregular; hindwing band broader.
Note in both sexes, the antennal tips are duller orange.
http://www.natureloveyou.sg/Minibeas...350%20(10).jpg
http://wanderingbutterflyeffect.file...eea554860c.jpg
TL Seow:cheers:
Uncle Seow, this is getting a little confusing. Based on my photo, the forewing band looks rounded, suggesting C. saronis. However, when I double-confirmed the ID by looking at my dad's photo of the same individual, I realised that the hindwing band was quite broad. So, I am posting my dad's pic here for confirmation. :hmmm: :hmmm: :hmmm: :hmmm: :hmmm:
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012uplaod6.jpg
:cheers:
This is correctly C. tagalica.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blue Jay
In photos shape of bands gets easily distorted.
You will notice the end of the forewing band is somewhat irregular whereas that of C. saronis is more smoothly rounded.
The hindwing band of C. saronis is narrowly crescentic & very irregular.
Also note that in your father's shot certain parts of the wings which are normally black now reflect orange.
TL Seow:cheers:
Thanks Uncle Seow! :redbounce :redbounce :redbounceQuote:
Originally Posted by Psyche
Graphium sarpedon luctatius(Common Bluebottle)
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...012uplaod1.jpg
:cheers:
Uncle Seow, is this Common Dartlet? Thks in advance.:cheers:
beautiful picture of the bluebottle!
love the texture of the wings and the background.
You can see from the hindwing & forewing spots it is a Palm Dart,Telicota.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blue Jay
The forewing shape & whitish abdomen indicates a female.
You can ruled out T. linna female (hindwing veins not darkened) & T. colon female (forewing spot4 & 5 oddly shaped or split)
There is not enough dark shading to suggest T. ohara.
In T. besta female the hindwing underside is strongly greenish dull yellow/ochre.
It is the female of T. augias.
TL Seow:cheers: