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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Jul 23, 2007

I was wondering if it was different from all the ones I have posted so far. Which is this?

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Jul 23, 2007

It looks like a Skipper, Family Hespeiidae.

http://www.nerdybirders.com/html/butterflies/hesperiidae.html

The Common Banded Awl, Hasora chromus looks right except for the darker colour.

http://www.nerdybirders.com/html/butterflies/Common-banded-awl.html

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Jul 23, 2007

Well done Wallaby. Reading the content in the link, I must consider myself lucky to have had this shot as the description says that it sat at odd places!

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Jul 23, 2007

The Plain Banded Awl, Hasora vittata is brown and most likely yours. There are others with descriptions

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasora_vitta

There are others with descriptions if you click on the links for Hasora under Coeliadinae.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_butterflies_of_India_%28Hesperiidae%29


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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Jul 23, 2007

A pic of Hasora chromus so it could be that

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasora_chromus

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Jul 23, 2007

Hasora vitta pics (I put vittata above)

http://aolsearch.aol.co.uk/aol/image?query=Hasora%20vitta&invocationType=imageTab

Hasora chromus

http://aolsearch.aol.co.uk/aol/image?invocationType=topsearchbox.image&query=Hasora+chromus+

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Jul 23, 2007

Process of elimination, Hasora chromus in this pic doesn't have the dark lines on the wing tips,

http://hk.geocities.com/butterflytaiwan/taichi.1.htm

Neither does Hasora vitta with the exception of a mark on the bottoom wing,

http://www.pbase.com/david_l/image/80004773


Hasora badra doesn't look right

http://aolsearch.aol.co.uk/aol/image?query=Hasora%20badra&invocationType=imageTab

Only one pic of Hasora anura with wings open,

http://www.hkls.org/butt-hesperiidae.html

Hasora taminatus wrong colour,

http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/2382/hesperiidae/taminatus.htm

I think we are back to juggling between the first two, if you can read the descriptions and work out the differences between male and female you might get it!

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Jul 23, 2007

Thanks Wallaby. Will go through them in due course.

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Jul 24, 2007

Hasora chromus is the closest description. Your process of elimination was great!

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Oct 14, 2007

Well, here are some more shots before I add them over to the BF.

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