Genus Baoris  

Painted Swift - Baoris farri pencilliata

Male: 40-45mm. Paint-brush like long scales on the upper side hind wings over the entire cell. It appears as a large dark patch. Hyaline spots on upper side forewing, never inside cell. The spots are in interspaces 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8. The ones on 8 being the smallest. In other specimens, the last 3 spots are entirely lacking. On under side forewing, there is a yellow brown oval band on either side of the middle of vein 1 against a polished background. The under side ground colour is chocolate to slate brown.

Female:  42-48mm. Forewing upper sides with more spots than the male, usually on interspaces 1 to 4 and then on 6 to 8. Very similar to female Caltoris kumara lanka but differs from it in the ground colour of the under sides - it is greenish brown and is a darker tint and is unspotted.

Genus Caltoris 

Blank Swift - Caltoris kumara lanka

Male:  40-45mm. No spot in cell of forewing. Unmarked hind wing. Spots in interspaces 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7. Some or all of the last three may be obsolete. On the under side no spots on interspace 1 of forewing. If present it is rare and quite small and diffuse.

Female: 42-48mm.  Spots in interspaces 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8. Spot on 8 frequently missing. Sometimes a small spot on interspce 1 just below vein 2. On the under side, a diffuse spot on interspace 1of forewing, often another smaller one touching vein2. If present it is rare and quite small.

Under sides always unspotted.

Philippine Swift - Caltoris phillipina seriata

Male: . 36-42 mm. Long narrow wings. Upper side forewing with spots in interspaces 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7. Sometimes an additional minute dot in 1, just below vein 2. No spots in cell. Under side: As on upper side but always with 2 diffuse spots in 1. Greenish ground colour.

Female: 42-45mm. Upper side forewing with spots in interspaces 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8. The last spot often absent. No spot on cell. Sometimes an additional minute dot in 1, just below vein 2. Under sides with 2 large diffuse spots in interspace 1, the lower one always larger..

Genus Pelopidas

Wallace's Swift - Pelopidas cinnara
On the forewing, interspaces 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8 always have spots  in them, with the one on 2 being the largest. The spots in the forewing cell are sometimes absent but may be up to two. On the hind wing below, interspaces 2, 3 and 5 always have a spot each, and sometimes there is a smaller one on 4. On the upper side hind wing, only a couple of these spots are visible. 

Little Branded Swift - Pelopidas agna agna
Has a complete arc of 5 spots on the under side hind wing and smaller spots. This is mostly a high elevation species. In other respects it is identical to the Small Branded Swift.

Small Branded Swift - Pelopidas mathias mathias
Male: Much smaller than the Large Branded Swift and darker. Spots in interspaces 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7. Very rarely a spot on 8. Two spots in cell. A lower elevation species.
Female:

Large Branded Swift - Pelopidas thrax subochracea
Male: Spots on forewing in interspaces 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8. The spot on 8 sometimes missing and the one on 2 quadrate and as broad as high. Two spots in cell.
Female: Broad wings. Distribution of spots similar to males though the one on 6 is more prominent on the under side.

Conjoined Swift - Pelopidas conjuncta narooa
The largest of all Pelopidas swifts. Two very prominent pale yellow spots in cell. Underside spots very prominent.

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Genus Panara

Smallest Swift - Panara bada
The smallest of all swifts in the island with an unusually short antenna. No spot in interspace 1 of forewing, a feature that distinguishes it from the slightly larger Wallace's Swift. Spots on interspaces 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8 of the forewing. They are variable in size, shape and number and the ones on interspaces 4 and 8 are often missing. Very rarely a spot on 5. Hind wing above and below with 4 spots on interspaces 2, 3 and 4. These spots are sometimes greatly reduced or absent or fewer in number.  

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