Idmon distanti (Shepard)

Drab, overall dark brown skipper that inhabits deeply wooded hills. In the half shades it looks like a completely black skipper. It was attracted to flowering Siam Weeds during the wet season. Can be very confusing to ID as it ressembles the rather similar Koruthaialos butleri (de Nicéville). Eventhough the pictured specimens have rather short palpi much like a Koruthaialos, but it can be separated by the FW vein 11 and 12 which are not converged. Rare and seasonal.

(Thank you to Dr Laurence Kirton for the review)

Habitat indicator

RSP	WV	PG	VF	FTR	SC	LWDF	LWPF	LMEF	UMN	MN
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Frequency observation chart: (S marks the usual occurences, H marks an unusually high occurence, F for first record)

2014

2015

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mac

Apr

May

June

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

S3(F)

S3

2016
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
S3

2017
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
	S20										S12

2018
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

2019
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
											S3

2020
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

2021
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

2022
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

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Above photos 06 Jan 2015

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11:46

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Above pictures of a female: 17 Jan 2015

 React to the the flash...

Above photos 11 Feb 2017 @ 15:46 (S20)

05 Dec 2019 @ 14:00

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