Hesperiidae ID Request - Singapore

[Psyche]

You have two different species here.
This often happens when skippers flit in & out of view in the bushes.



https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...5445/large.jpg
1. Female Baoris likely B. oceia.

Very large with sweptback FW.
Antenna appears wholly black .(pale area very weak in Baoris).
Abdomen with more noticeable bandins.
Often HW underside may have a pale area at the cellend.
Dark colour.
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zofygsdg7...oris+oceia.jpg
Note pale area at HW cellend.
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0rwJjrQ_J...oris+oceia.jpg

Female Baoris farri in Vietnam . B. oceia is not found in Vietnam)
Paler brown & almost always fully spotted.
http://butterfliesvietnam.blogspot.c...ush-swift.html


https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...5971/large.jpg
2. Female probably Pelopidas agna.
Note this individual have a tear in the right FW & a crumpled left FW.
There is a tiny spot just below spot 2 (the largest spot).
This is seen in only three species. Correction: a 4th sp. Caltoris philippinafemale also have this extra spot but it lacks the cellspots.
Male & female of Pelopidas assamensis.( Excluded by FW spots large & white & white-banded antennae.)
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/93130001.html
Females of P. mathias & agna.
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/93120001.html
http://yutaka.it-n.jp/hes/93090001.html

The individual is rather worn
The UnH is plain brown.
P. agna is also a larger species.
These two features suggest female P. agna.



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