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7 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Baoris farri looks not bad for the spots on the forewing, but the hindwing does not perfectly match.
http://www.flutters.org/home/photogaller...
What about Rice Swift?? Borbo cinnara, for my eyes until now the best match!
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Bor...

AnoopPBhaskar
AnoopPBhaskar 11 years ago

Nice capture, the macro is brilliant

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Here is one candidate: Pelopidas sp.. I do not have much time, Wednesday is Orthodontics day, so, please, verify yourself and focus first on Swifts. These unicolored skippers without any remarkable patterns are sometimes a nightmare.
Pelopidas conjuncta? Pelopidas mathias, which I prefer after the short search. But I am not sure about the genus, just take it as a hint and wait for other suggestions/comments...
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Pelopi...
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:D...

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Definitely a Skipper and it looks like some kind of a Swift, however, I do not know much about Swifts besides the name ;-)... Keep on Hesperiidae.

SisirBanga
SisirBanga 11 years ago

Thank you Bayucca. So, Zabulon has been ruled out. I think this is Skipper (butterfly).

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Sorry, no, Zabulon is a species of North and Central America and not found in India.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zabulon_Ski...

SisirBanga
SisirBanga 11 years ago

Please help!
Is this Zabulon Skipper (Poanes zabulon) ?

SisirBanga
Spotted by
SisirBanga

Assam, India

Spotted on Sep 15, 2012
Submitted on Jan 14, 2013

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