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Thread: skipper ID please

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    Default skipper ID please

    Appreciate if someone can ID this skipper.
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    -Loke

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    Salient features.

    Large, female, very worn individual.
    Two cell spots, lower one very large.
    Spots seen on forewing in space 3 (large, triangular ) and in space 4, & 6.

    Whitish weblike mark on both sides of the hindwing. ( developmental abnormality.)
    Hindwing non-hyaline postdiscal white spots in space 2, 3, & 4.(better seen in pic 2). Not an artefact as it occur on both sides.
    Hindwing ochreous ( yellowish-brown ), better seen in pic 2.

    Best match : Female Caltoris bromus.

    TL Seow

    Rechecking: This should be the female of the Contiguous Swift ( Polytremis lubricans).

    On enlargement, postdiscal spot 4 is hyaline (pic 2) since it have a whitish rim. In pic 1 , an artefact ( ?tear , abrasion ) have cause interference .
    So, it can not be a Caltoris.

    The large lower cellspot with a much smaller upper cellspot touching it( pic 1 ), and the ochreous scaling are all consistent with the Contiguous Swift.
    Last edited by Psyche; 18-Mar-2011 at 08:30 AM. Reason: rechecking

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    Thanks, Seow
    -Loke

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