Skippers ID clarification in Singapore

[sabafish]

Hi Dr Seow,

Seeking your assistance to ID the following skippers.

Thank you!

1) Pelopidas sp., possibly P. mathias?

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2) Looks like P. agna to me.

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3) Telicota sp.? Seems to not have dark dusted veins and quite abit larger than usual T. besta.

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4) A dirty mix of grey and brown so Pelopidas mathias?

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[Psyche]

Post 59.

1. female
2 female.
4. male.

Pelopidas mathias.
Ground colour dirty look with dark & grey shadings.
Male & Female.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...ft%20-bene.jpg
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...hee%20Ming.jpg

Pelopidas agna
Ground colour with a neat clean appearance.
2 males & female.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Hw681ALm5F...ded+Swift+.jpg
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tQNuynda7...A_male_06b.jpg
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7zXwSQZiZ...SwiftF-KSK.jpg


3. Female Telicota besta.

Underside HW with veins across band lightly darken.
FW spot 4 & 5 equal rectangular.
FW upperside cellend bar, one long & short.
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...8655/large.jpg
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...2180/large.jpg

Female T. colon very similar.
FW upperside cellend bars one long & one short.
FW spots 4 & 5 distorted in shape & not aligned.
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...425/large.jpeg
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...402/large.jpeg


TL Seow: Cheers.

[sabafish]

Hi Dr Seow,

I have another Telicota to ID, it this T. colon?

Thank you!

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[Psyche]

Post 61,
Yes. This is a female T. colon.

Normally in T. colon FW spots 4 & 5 are distorted in shape & in the male they are not aligned, ie spot 5 is farther out from spot 4.
This is not so obvious in the female.
In female FW spot 5 is often bisected horizontally as seen here.
The general appearance is as in T. besta female but besta female have spots 4 & 5 equal & not distorted.

T. colon male & female.
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iRfNeV5wQ...t-LemonTea.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-grsw9HIBWI...n%2Bstinga.jpg


T. besta male & 3 females.
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EcRIOq2iv...t_male_-04.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GqK3ID-7Ml...sta%2Bbina.jpg
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jNl8Waf_H...ale_03+(1).jpg
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OEM0FaXJU..._female_01.jpg


TL Seow: Cheers.

[sabafish]

Hi Dr Seow,

Here are a few more skippers, hoping you could confirm the IDs.

Thank you!

a) Potanthus trachala?

Abdominal end is black banded, UNF spots 4 and 5 connected by spikes, UNH spots 5 at least strongly projected out and size larger than typical P. omaha.

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b) Potanthus serina?

About 1.5x larger than (a), abdominal end black, UNF spot 4 smaller than 5

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c) Potanthus serina?

Different individual but characters same as (b).

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d) Telicota besta?

Seems to have raised veins; face paler, UNF spots 4 and 5 similar size.

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e) Telicota besta?

Raised veins that seemed lightly dark dusted; face paler, UNF spots 4 and 5 similar sized.

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f) Caltoris cormasa?

Pale area on antennae, UNF spots yellowish, reddish tone.

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[Psyche]

Post 63.

a, b, c. Typical males Potanthus serina. Correction: a is male Potanthus mingo.

P. serina FW 16-17mm. Note of the two spots 4 & 5 ,the upper & smaller one is spot 5.
FW spot 4 always overlap spot 3.
HW ground shaded dark brown; small spot 6 on the upper inner corner of the band.
Males.
https://thaibutterflies.com/wp-conte...hus-serina.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d7/80...93f41908f6.jpg


Potanthus trachala smaller FW 15mm.
FW spots 4 & 5 not overlapping any spot.
FW spots spiky.
HW upper spot (combined spot 4+5) project out strongly.
Ground with heavy black edgings & spots.
Males.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kvlAhJLLsd...la-tytleri.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/8c/bd/70/8...b0db7b591d.jpg
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...06b67082_c.jpg

[Psyche]

Post 63.

d, male, e female Telicota besta.

T. besta male with raised veins & lightly dark-dusted.
https://thaibutterflies.com/wp-conte...1-1080x675.jpg
Female with dark-dusted veins.
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OEM0FaXJU..._female_01.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GqK3ID-7Ml...sta%2Bbina.jpg


T. linna.
Both sexes have the veins not dark-dusted.
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pxufm6yxw...TL_male_02.jpg
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e_7pWdo7X..._female_03.jpg