Skippers ID clarification in Singapore

[Psyche]

Post 116.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/242493174

Yes. This is Zographetus ogygia.

There are two identical species, Z. ogygia & ogygioides.
Only Z. ogygia have been recorded in Singapore.
https://m.singapore.biodiversity.onl...doptera-000428

The difference is in the male.
The male of Z. ogygia have streaks of specialised scales (brands) on the UpF.
The male of Z. ogygioides lacks these specialised scales.
The separation of the females is as Eliot puts it a matter of guesswork.

There is a good pic of a male Z. ogygia which shows these.
If you use google zoom you can see several streaks between the large spot 2 & the cubitus (lower arm of the FW cell), in particular two longer streaks on either side of vein 2 (which appears dark).
https://blogger.googleusercontent.co...gygia-JonS.jpg
https://butterflycircle.blogspot.com...itions-to.html

In Thailand they are called Rusty Flitter & Red Flitter but this does not seem helpful.
https://wingscales.com/Hesperiidae/Zographetus-ogygia
https://wingscales.com/Hesperiidae/Z...tus-ogygioides

In India it is even more complicated.
They are two main forms, both treated as Zographetus ogygia ogygia,ie same taxonomic name as here.
The one in the northeast is roughly similar .
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/si...as_as937_0.jpg
The one in south India is quite different, rather like Z. satwa.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/si...doth_ae970.jpg
These probably need revision.

TL Seow: Cheers.