This butterfly is common in the hills, sometimes found also in the plains on the edge of forests and can often be seen gliding like a small Idea, sometimes visiting flowering bushes. They breed on a species of Hoya found in certain localities in Raub.
Habitat indicator
RSP
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WV
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PG
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VF
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FTR
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SC
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LWDF
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LWPF
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LMEF
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UMN
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MN
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x
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x
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x
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x
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Frequency observation chart: (S marks the usual occurences, H marks an unusually high occurence, F for first record)
2013
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Mac
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Apr
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May
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Jun
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Jul
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Aug
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Sep
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Oct
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S3S5
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S3S5
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2013
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2014
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Nov
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Dec
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Jan
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Feb
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Mac
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Apr
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May
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Jun
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Jul
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Aug
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Sep
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Oct
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S3
| S1 | S1 | S1S3 | S3 | S1S2S3 | S1S2S3 | S1S2S3 | S3 | S3 | S3 | |
2014
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2015
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Nov
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Dec
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Jan
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Feb
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Mac
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Apr
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May
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June
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Jul
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Aug
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Sep
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Oct
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Nov
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Dec
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S3
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S3
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S3
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S2S3
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S3S5
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S3S5
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2016
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Jan
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Feb
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Mac
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Apr
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May
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Jun
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Jul
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Aug
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Sep
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Oct
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Nov
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Dec
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S3
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2017
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Jan
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Feb
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Mac
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Apr
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May
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Jun
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Jul
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Aug
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Sep
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Oct
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Nov
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Dec
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S1S3S5
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S5
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S5
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S5S16S24
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S
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S
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S3
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S2S3S5
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S3S5
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2018
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Jan
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Feb
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Mac
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Oct
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Nov
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Dec
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Above 4 photos from 15 June 2013 @ 13:44.
04 Jan 2014 @ 11:46
20 June 2014 @ 11:37
Above 2 photos 04 Dec 2015 @ 12:09
the Hoya spp with lightly crenulated edges which the Smaller Wood Nymph was seen to frequent.
12:48
13:49
Above pictures 29 June 2017
Above pictures 22 July 2017 @ 10:53
11:59
11:59
12:00 - observe the delicate beauty of its translucent wings
12:02
12:03
12:04
Above pictures of a female nectaring at submontane zone where it is commonest : 05 Dec 2017
Above pictures 29 June 2017
Above pictures of a female nectaring at submontane zone where it is commonest : 05 Dec 2017
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