The Yellow Spot Swift, Polytremis eltola corbeti (Evans)

Larger sized swifts butterfly confined to hill stations and is decidedly a very rare insect.

Habitat indicator

RSP	WV	PG	VF	FTR	SC	LWDF	LWPF	LMEF	UMN	MN
									x

Frequency observation chart: (S marks the usual occurences, H marks an unusually high occurence, F for first record)

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Mac

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S5(F)

S3

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

2017
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
					S5

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

This one visited ipomea flowers by a roadside bush at 1300M: 07 June 2015 @ 11:15 (male)

Above pictures of a male: 23 June 2017 @ 14:36

Above a mating pair: 24 June 2017 @ 12:55

The Formosan Swift, Borbo cinnara (Wallace)

Locally common on wastelands, parks and gardens as well as verges of the secondary growth and forests up to mid-elevation.

Some keys to its ID:
- HW underside has spots on space 2, 3 and 6 (pix above)
- body (especially head and thorax) has greenish tinged hairs

Habitat indicator

RSP	WV	PG	VF	FTR	SC	LWDF	LWPF	LMEF	UMN	MN
	x	x			x	x		x

Frequency observation chart: (S marks the usual occurence, H marks an unusually high occurence, F for first record)

2013		2014
Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct

2014

2015

Nov

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Mac

Apr

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S7

S6 S7

S5

21 Sept 2013 @ 13:29 (S5)

19 Dec 2014 @ 11:54

21 Dec 2014 @ 14:27

Above photos 31 Jan 2015 @ 11:49-54

Above pictures of a female visiting Lantana at 1200M above sea level: 07 June 2015 @ 12:04

Above 2 specimens next to each other on short grasses: 12 June 2015 @ 11:34

Consult a female voucher specimen from S5:  http://nlliew66butterflies2.blogspot.com/2015/07/borbo-cinnara-wallace-1866.html