Recent Skipper Shots

[moloch]

Federick, those are excellent shots of the skippers. It is also great to see the identification info from Seow.

[Peacock Royal]

Thanks David

Shot at USR - all above my eye level.
#1 and #2 - same individual -
#3 shot at another location but nearby.

[WillFolsom]

Hey, nice shooting. Slightly different from the norm, but it works nicely. Beautifully saturated images. William

[Peacock Royal]

Thanks William - they look "strange" to me so I decided to take a few shots from far.

4 more shots - I think first 3 shots are Polytremis lubricans lubricans (Contiguous Swift) ?

#1 and #2 same specimen.
#4 Telicota besta bina

[kaleshs2002in]

Your first two shots are not Polytremis.Its something else.
Third shot of the mating pair could be
Polytremis.http://theskippersofkerala.blogspot....h?q=Polytremis

cheers!

Thanks William - they look "strange" to me so I decided to take a few shots from far.

4 more shots - I think first 3 shots are Polytremis lubricans lubricans (Contiguous Swift) ?

#1 and #2 same specimen.
#4 Telicota besta bina

[Psyche]

Shots in the previous post are of course Oriens gola.

Your first two shots are not Polytremis.Its something else.
Third shot of the mating pair could be
Polytremis.http://theskippersofkerala.blogspot....h?q=Polytremis

cheers!

Agreed the mating pair are Polytremis lubricans.
The male (L) have a rich ochreous brown colour while the female is lighter. The female's big upper spot can just be seen
It is noteworthy that the pair here have very few spots on the hindwing (2 in space 4 & 5).

The Telicota should be T. augias. T. besta has yellower ground colour and the veins across the band faintly darkened.
( I get caught by the colour change on the monitor screen when I flip up (yellow) or down (orange) as was the case in Saletara/A. nero episode. )

Federick, it looks like you struck a winner.
1 & 2 .It should be Parnara ganga

Not the unusual short and whitish antennae.
Hindwing underside with 3 faint spots in space 2, 3, & 4.; ground colour ochreous brown.
Faint spot in forewing cell.
Large spot in space 2 square-shaped, small spot in space 3 longish. (in P. bada the small spot is also quadrate. )
Upperside dark greyish without golden sheen.

TL Seow

[Peacock Royal]

Thanks Seow for the ids.

I should have been more observant to notice the whitish and short antennae of the Parnara ganga

Here is another shot.

[Peacock Royal]

Two shots take at Lornie Trail.
1. Taractrocera archias quinta
2. Contiguous Swift (Polytremis lubricans lubricans)

No sign of Parnara ganga - will continue to hunt for it.

[Peacock Royal]

A bit lazy to do a thorough check on the ids, sorry, have to trouble Seow again.

1, 2 and 3 : same specimen - Look like Potanthus omaha omaha but getting suspicious !!
4 : Which Telicota ?
5. Another Telicota species ?

[Psyche]

1, 2 & 3 are P. omaha.

4 should be T. augias female.
Note broad forewing indicating female; orangey colour. Both besta & colon females have a greenish yellow underside.

5. You have found P. ganda again.
Abdominal tip indicates female. Similar to omaha, but veins not darkened across the hindwing band.
(correction : This is T. augias.)
TL Seow