The Bamboo Tree Brown, Lethe europa malaya (Corbet)

This is a common butterfly but uncommonly seen because of its habits of settling in dark recesses of undergrowths (especially bamboo - which it wouldn't be called a Bamboo Tree Brown for nothing, and ginger thickets). It can surprisingly be baited with rotting carrion. In flight, it is nervous and settles very briefly in any one spot and disappears soon after again into its hiding, making it sometimes difficult to get a clear shot of the live insect.

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 occurences, H marks an unusually high occurence, F for first record)

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

2013		2014
Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
				S1	S3						S1

2014

2015

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mac

Apr

May

June

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

S1

S1

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

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

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

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Above photos taken on 30 May 2013.

This butterfly was resting beside a large ginger thicket by the path and was disturbed when I pass by, settling on a sun speckled bush before disappearing into a bamboo thicket nearby...27 April 2013 @ 11:15

Above photo 22 March 2014 @ 11:52. I was surprised to find it puddling in the sun on a moist spot but as I approached, it slowly moved towards the shades and then flew back into the thickets.

Above 3 photos 05 April 2014 @ 11:39-11:45

11 Apr 2015 @ 11:26

13 July 2019 @ 13:29