Skipper ID request

[Psyche]

Post 148.
No. 1.
Hasora chromus.

It seem we may have mixed up the species in the past.
They are very variable & it is difficult to fit the descriptions of Evans & Eliots together.



Hasora vitta vitta.

1. FW always with a yellow subapical spot 6.
2. HW ground colour pale slatey green/blue, distally purple brown, ie. two-toned.
3. HW band at least 2mm wide, outer margin diffuse , inner margin regular, or both regular.
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...6130/large.jpg
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...4783/large.jpg
https://static.inaturalist.org/photo...373/large.jpeg
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...255/large.jpeg
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...0479/large.jpg
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/90250001.html



Hasora chromus chromus.
1. FW almost always without a spot 6 in the male, but often present in the female.
2. Ground colour uniform pale purplish brown.
3. HW band usually less than 2mm, outwardly diffuse, inner margin with small shallow notches.
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...4069/large.jpg
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama.../original.jpeg
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...855/large.jpeg
Females 2nd pix onwards with FW spot 6.
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...177/large.jpeg
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...7232/large.jpg
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...female_03x.jpg
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...20-%20Khew.jpg
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/90210001.html


Hasora malayana/ or as H.taminatus malayana.
1. FW always without a spot 6.
2 Ground colour steely blue or green basally/ deep purple brown.
3HW white band typically narrow. with irregular margins.
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...2516/large.jpg
https://static.inaturalist.org/photo...676/large.jpeg
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/90220010.html