You just beat me on the Aeromachus pygmaeus, though its location left me puzzled. I had that 'gut feeling' that it was not a Halpe sp., so I had to check what else it could be.Originally Posted by Psyche
Post 29
The little skipper which have the marking of a Halpe species is actually Aeromachus pygmaeus, a skipper normally found in the north. Note very short blunt antennae without apiculus.
This leaves the puzzling no. 25.
I have look through the Castniid moths and nothing like it is seen.
It looks like a Lycaenid but the antennae are too long.
TL Seow
The odd Lycaenid struck me immediately as a worn or aberrant Una usta, but I see what you mean about the length of the antennae. Curious!
You guys must have had a ball, so many wonderful species, and so many skippers to get ones teeth into. Never been there, and I must rectify the situation next year.
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