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    n India these skippers can be quite tricky to ID.

    Borbo.
    UnH without a cellspot.
    UnF subapical spots almost always three spots 6, 7, & 8.
    Note upper two spots 7 & 8 in line, while the lower spot 6 is out of line.
    Antennal club thicker than in Pelopidas but less than in Parnara.
    UpF with a space 1b spot.


    Borbo cinnara.
    UpF cellspots 0 to 2, relatively small.
    UpF with the spots larger, more irregular, spot 2 with concave margin.
    UpF space 1b spot strong.
    UnH typically with three postdiscal spots 2, 3, & 6. (extra in spaces 4 & 5) [B]These are fairly sharply defined.
    Wing margins with the dark line diffuse ,ill-defined.
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/si...cde2b3-1_0.jpg
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/si...04068623-1.jpg
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/si...bd8c88-1_0.jpg
    Singapore examples.
    https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...437/large.jpeg
    https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...3414/large.jpg
    https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jMZu5Yy4Y...ederick_01.jpg


    Borbo (or Pseudoborbo) bevani.
    UpF one cellspot often large.
    UpF spots more rounded & compact.
    UpF spot in space 1b weak or absent.
    UnH postdiscal spots somewhat diffuse & less sharp.
    Wing marginal dark line sharply defined.

    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/si...0d2810f0-1.jpg
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/si...c052fc-5_0.jpg
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/si...0d9cb5d8-1.jpg
    https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/si...495ea0-1_2.jpg


    Parnara bada can look similar but the antenna is short, the club thicker in the FW subapical spots , spots 6 & 7in line, spot 8 out of line or absent.
    UnH postdiscal spots decreasing in size upwards.
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/jkadavoor/5484338081/
    Last edited by Psyche; 29-Oct-2022 at 11:11 AM.

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