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Chestnut Bob
02-May-2018, 07:38 AM
This skipper was shot in 2015 and the markings look like some of the other swifts that I can't nail it down. Please help Dr Seow!
25109

Thanks in advance!

Psyche
02-May-2018, 03:33 PM
It is another female Pelopidas agna.
The underside colouration of P. agna is quite uniformly brown .
Three males & two females.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tQNuynda7-c/Vk6to9P81eI/AAAAAAAAkj4/aNtww6l2YUM/s1600/PA_male_06b.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/---kNw2cMzXk/Vk6sG-yQ4pI/AAAAAAAAkis/_D9yI2uoj9Y/s1600/PA_male_05a.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QT1jRXkSVNA/Ura18S-UcAI/AAAAAAAANG0/EdoY3Yds63s/s1600/HFH_0508++Pelopidas+mathias+mathias.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ygTUZGa_yoo/Vk6si49hwyI/AAAAAAAAkjU/L6ZAW0jUzn8/s1600/PA_female_01.jpg
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5655/20780004244_b686905d29_b.jpg
Pair , male on the right.
http://farm9.static.flickr.com/8294/7870385954_15564c4777.jpg

In P. mathias the colour is uneven with paler whitish (grey actually) shadings especially in the marginal areas of both wings.
Two males & two females.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Gzu0QPtBPM0/UHl8xj_7P-I/AAAAAAAAGzY/tElCTPdMZzs/s1600/DSC0089+Small+Branded+Swift.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N51UGxm82dE/U5Js1iuXgqI/AAAAAAAAOLI/InhTgSlMpDo/s1600/HFH_2411-Swift.jpg
http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist/mugshots/Pelopidas%20mathias%20mathias/Small%20Branded%20Swift%20-%202%20-%20Sum%20Chee%20Ming.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0EK80AsaR7g/TDUoF9HP41I/AAAAAAAADGc/KDeU-m3x_w0/s400/DSC4912-SB-Swift.jpg
Pair, male on the left.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BGb_rVyMvEU/VYQkECtKDQI/AAAAAAAARkw/USqbcSnvY24/s1600/HFH_0652-Small-Branded-Swift.jpg

The two species are probably about equally common throughout their range.

TL Seow: Cheers.

Chestnut Bob
02-May-2018, 10:56 PM
Thank you Dr Seow!
:cheers: