Appreciate if someone can confirm the ID of this skipper. Thanks.
Telicota besta bina (Besta Palm Dart), Female?
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Appreciate if someone can confirm the ID of this skipper. Thanks.
Telicota besta bina (Besta Palm Dart), Female?
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-Loke
The ID should be correct.
The underside hindwing of the female of T. besta is ochreous with a greenish tinge which is poorly seen in photos, but discernable here.
The female of T. colon is similarly coloured, but forewing spots 4 & 5 are notched or distorted. (Also little overlap between spot 3 & 4, but hard to judge this here.)
Note the shape of spots 4 & 5 ,and the vein extension of spot 2 & 3.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l3LyxN8vCa...icota%2Bsp.jpg
Another one, dark shading incomplete; ?lighting effect.( colour too deep).
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0EK80AsaR7...1-Telicota.jpg
The female of T. augias is more orangey & the indentation on the upper inner margin of the hindwing band is smaller (more noticeable on the upperside).
http://media.photobucket.com/image/t...cotasp.jpg?o=1
The female of T. linna have the hindwing veins not darkened.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0EK80AsaR7...ge+Skipper.jpg
The female of T. ohara have the ground colour dusky (dark-shaded).
Female from Taiwan.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3569/4...716f167f_z.jpg
This Ubin female is probably correct. Note more even duskiness.
http://media.photobucket.com/image/t...z-640.jpg?o=48
TL Seow![]()
Last edited by Psyche; 18-Sep-2012 at 01:10 PM. Reason: add. info
Thanks, Seow![]()
-Loke