ID Needed for Skippers (12 Nov 2021) [Archive]

Psyche

12-Nov-2021, 06:48 PM

1. Female Caltoris philippina.

The skipper have greenish ochreous scalings on the underside & the spots may be hard to see.
The underside appeared coarse-textured.
Antennal shafts are black.

Male.
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-usQf1gKHpHg/VWlfF_QfKEI/AAAAAAAAiJE/HC8d5rtGSNQ/s400/CP_adult_Lemon_01.jpg

Females.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3m-dnKh43TM/VfWGVdaNX_I/AAAAAAAAR8c/a2j1to6kii4/s1600/HFH2283%2BCaltoris%2Bphilippina%2Bphilippina.jpg
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DPQer73tiu0/VVgRAp14a2I/AAAAAAAAhcc/fORzRm3U2po/s1600/CP_adult_male_01.jpg

Female Telicotas are harder to separate as the female is generally paler with paler underparts.
This renders many female images confusingly similar to T. linna.

2. Telicota linna female.

The ground colour is darkish, heavier shading in the basal half.
Thorax is greyer than the wing.
The face & lower abdomen are paler.(Paleness of the underpart of the abdomen may be hard to see in semi topdown view.
HW veins across the band not dark-dusted.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist/mugshots/Telicota%20linna/TL_female_02.jpg
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e_7pWdo7Xxw/Vz1Tmmx5PpI/AAAAAAAAmR8/f2OCfKpKqCUHrPSwUg4pPp-4TWKi0VGlwCLcB/s1600/TL_female_03.jpg
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9976558
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/116341213/original.jpeg?1616027076

Female Telicota besta.
HW veins across the band lightly darkened.
Generally only the face is paler.
The ground colour is less shaded.
Females.
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eEOUJSWajxA/U1vGcxuugTI/AAAAAAAAdOc/O1WtmvL5QZs/s1600/TB_adult_female_03+(2).jpg
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OEM0FaXJUEI/U1vGhhSB71I/AAAAAAAAdOk/ZsPEPPciXJU/s1600/TB_adult_female_01.jpg
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/86418488
Although the abdomen appears light, the veins across the HW band are darkened.
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/131465658/original.jpg?1621939704

TL Seow: Cheers.