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horace2264
26-Mar-2023, 06:33 PM
Could this be a Zographetus species?

Underside view.
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Showing more spots in a jump shot.
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Upperside view showing the whitened part below the apiculus
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Psyche
26-Mar-2023, 07:40 PM
Hyarotis microstictum.
https://thaibutterflies.com/Butterflies/hyarotis-microsticta/
https://nlliew66butterflies.blogspot.com/2015/02/hyarotis-microsticta-microsticta-wood.html

There were several observations in the past.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105364069
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/119564281
https://www.nss.org.sg/nss_group.aspx?news_id=u5gaSZQzywY=&group_id=D2dvAi49zO8=


TL Seow: Cheers.

horace2264
26-Mar-2023, 07:59 PM
Many thanks, Dr Seow for the quick response. :grin2:

Looks like the sightings have become more frequent since last year.

Psyche
26-Mar-2023, 09:37 PM
Zographetus rama for comparison.

https://wingscales.com/Hesperiidae/Zographetus-rama
https://singapore.biodiversity.online/species/A-Arth-Hexa-Lepidoptera-000490

TL Seow : Cheers.

Psyche
27-Mar-2023, 12:31 PM
Isma protoclea for comparison.
UnH have obscure spots not fascia.
https://wingscales.com/Hesperiidae/Isma-protoclea-bicolor
https://singapore.biodiversity.online/species/A-Arth-Hexa-Lepidoptera-000466?imageId=0
https://wingscales.com/Hesperiidae/Isma-protoclea-bicolor
Sunny Chir shot a female more than a decade ago.
It may still be extant.


TL Seow: Cheers.

horace2264
27-Mar-2023, 09:51 PM
Isma protoclea for comparison.
UnH have obscure spots not fascia.
https://wingscales.com/Hesperiidae/Isma-protoclea-bicolor
https://singapore.biodiversity.online/species/A-Arth-Hexa-Lepidoptera-000466?imageId=0
https://wingscales.com/Hesperiidae/Isma-protoclea-bicolor
Sunny Chir shot a female more than a decade ago.
It may still be extant.


TL Seow: Cheers.

Thanks for the info on Zographetus rama and Isma protoclea. Hopefully with more eyes in the field, we will come across them one of these days. :grin2: