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Unidentified Skipper Butterfly

Photo by Lanzz
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Field Notes

Description:

This is an unidentified Skipper Butterfly that i found on the wall of monorail station in Kuala Lumpur. This butterfly is brownish in color, and it has a white patches on its wings. The size of this butterfly is about 23 mm in length.

Habitat:

- Spotted on the wall of monorail station in Kuala Lumpur.

Notes:

- I hope, someone can help me to ID this skipper butterfly.

Species ID Suggestions

Banded Awl Skipper

Hasora sp.

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Comments (1)
bayucca
Tricky genus. Females has often spots whereas the males of the same species have not, but there are also Hasora sp. with spots in both sexes. SOrry, cannot get closer. Might be Vitta? female Chromus? http://butterflycircle.blogspot.ch/2010/10/life-history-of-common-banded-awl.html

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PublishedApril 21, 2014

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