The spots in the hind wing is the key character and here it doesn't look like that of Small Branded Swift. But I admit that we need characters of upper view, especially of the fore wing to confirm the id.
http://theskippersofkerala.blogspot.in/2007/07/small-branded-swift.html http://pk-photography.blogspot.in/2010/07/small-branded-swift-skipper-butterfly.html Regards Giby On 5 June 2012 22:28, Neil Soares <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > Difficult to say without the upper view but this could be the Small > Branded Swift. > With regards, > Neil Soares. > > --- On *Tue, 6/5/12, Rajesh Sachdev <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Rajesh Sachdev <[email protected]> > Subject: [efloraofindia:118736] Pavetta crassicaulis & Skipper (for ID) > To: "efloraindia" <[email protected]>, "butterflyindia" < > [email protected]>, "india-nature-pixs" < > [email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, June 5, 2012, 10:11 PM > > > *Name of the Species*: *Pavetta crassicaulis (P. indica)* > > *Common/Local Name*: पापट > > *Family*: *Rubiaceae* > > *Photographed on*: 01st June`12 > > *Photographed at*: Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra > > *Habitat*: Deciduous forest, hill slope > > *Description* : recently flowered shrub, common in open forest hills and > slopes. > > -- GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Jakkur Post, Srirampura Bangalore- 560064 India Phone - +91 9448714856 +919947109987 (Mobile) visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby
