Recent Skipper Shots

[Psyche]

They do fit the omaha mantra 'small size, darkened veins'.

[Peacock Royal]

Need confirmation of the ids below, shot at TPTP.
#1 and #2 : Cephrene trichopepla (Yellow Palm Dart) ?
#3 : Pelopidas mathias mathias (Small Branded Swift)

[Psyche]

Both are correct.

C. trichopepla: upper with vein-stripes (like T. colon); forewing underside with poorly contrasted spots;hindwing with black spot in space 6.

P. mathias: underside grey-shaded; hindwing with a cell spot. (Note postdiscal spots here in spaces 2, 3, 4, 6, & 7.)

Tl Seow

[Peacock Royal]

Thanks Seow for your confirmation

One more skipper for you to think about.

The size is bigger than the P. omaha (Lesser Dart)
I id it as Potanthus trachala tytleri (Detached Dart) ?

[Psyche]

Right again, but this one is an eye-opener as it is like P. serina esp the first pic. The 2 crescentic spots in space 2 & 3, and the narrow spot (cut by a fold) in space 1b ID it.

TL Seow

[Peacock Royal]

Seow, what about this ? Two shots of the same specimen taken at Lornie Trail this morning.

[Psyche]

Polytremis lubricans( Contiguous Swift.)
Note twin cellspots touching; Underside hindwing have faint spots in space 2, 4, & 5; The rich ochrreous brown colour on the underside is typical of this species too.

TL Seow

[Peacock Royal]

Two different species were shot along a reservoir edge.
1. Telicota but which one ? - I hope I am right to rule out T. besta bina and T.augias
2. Third shot - Oriens gola pseudolus (Common Dartlet)

[Psyche]

The abdominal tip and the black 'hole' in the orange upperside indicates a female. T. colon & T. besta are eliminated as the females have the underside greenish ochreous.
The greater amount of orange on the upperside costal area and the faintly ( may be stretching the imagination a bit ) darkened veins on the hindwing band suggest this is T. augias female.

You may have another winner in your blog http://peacockroyal.blogspot.com/200...1_archive.html .

The dark skipper is not Baoris; ( too dark; probably too small; looks too slender; greyish legs ).
It is probably the Dark Swift (Caltoris cahira).Note matching 2 cell-spots. From the net the Colon Swift ( C. bromus ) is also confusingly dark.
( BTW the dart in pic 1&2 is P. trachala. Note dark spots/smudges along band ).

TL Seow

[kaleshs2002in]

Polytremis
chers!

Seow, what about this ? Two shots of the same specimen taken at Lornie Trail this morning.