The Purple Bush Brown, Mycalesis orseis nautilus (Butler)

This among many species of Bush Browns are difficult to tell apart and this particular has uniform submarginal ocelli. The wings has a purple washed-out tint, especially in pristine specimens.

Habitat indicator

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

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

2013
Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
		S3	S1				S3

2013		2014
Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
		S1

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2015

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Dec

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Mac

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Dec

S6

S2

S3

2016
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S3

2017
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											S12

2018
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All photos from  31 May 2013 @ 13:14.

05 October 2013 @  16:53

12 Jan 2014 @ 12:01

Above 2 photos 23 Dec 2014 @ 17:21 - it was found on a small piece of wasteland just behind my house!

09 Jan 2016 @ 13:27

29 Dec 2017 @ 13:19

The Great Evening Brown, Melanitis zitenius auletes (Fruhstorfer)

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)

2013
Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
		S3				S3

2013		2014
Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
		S3

2014

2015

Nov

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Mac

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

2017
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2018
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2019
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Above two photos are of Melanitis zitenus auletes (Fruhstorfer), recognisable by its pointier forewing apex and tail ends, and is decidedly a larger insect compared to M. leda and is restricted only to the forest. In flight, the female can be identified by a pair of orange subapical fascia on the forewing (which is the case in the photographed specimen). 30 May 2013 @ 9:09.

A female photographed on 22 September 2013 @ 11:36

05 Jan 2014 @ 10:05

17 Jan 2016 @ 13:01

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Males look very different from the females based on the undersides markings, resembling more like a dry-form M. leda. These two photos were taken on 27 May 2013 @ 10:13.

06 October 2013 @ 10:30

17 Jan 2014 @ 12:28