The Plain Tufted Lancer, Isma iapis iapis (de Nicéville)

Common in a wide range of habitats, often seen at the edges of the forest sunning itself or visiting flowering bushes.

Habitat indicator

RSP	WV	PG	VF	FTR	SC	LWDF	LWPF	LMEF	UMN	MN
x			x	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
					S3	S3	S3

2013		2014
Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
S3	S3	S3									S1S3S4

2014

2015

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mac

Apr

May

June

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

S3

S3S4

S1S3S4

S1S3S4

S4

S4

S3S4

2016
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
			S3	S3

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
											x

 

2021
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
x

 

2022
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

04 August 2013 @ 10:48

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This butterfly is common in certain exposed patches of deeply wooded localities and flies in the earlier part of a sunny morning, sometimes even coming down to puddle on a moist spot...

21 September 2013 @ 10:56

 11:03

11:05

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Abovw 2 photos from 21 November 2013 @ 14:37

A mating pair: 17 Jan 2014 @ 12:51

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10:22

10:39

Above photos 25 Oct 2014

Above photos 28 Nov 2014 @ 10:41-10:48

11:11

 11:35

11:36

11:50

Above photos 18 Dec 2014

Above photos of a female: 07 Jan 2015 @ 12:26 - 35

 12:07

12:10

Above photos 14 Feb 2015

Male from S4: 08 Nov 2015 @ 10:35

16 Jan 2021 @ 12:44

17 jan 2021 @ 11:53

20 Jan 2021 @ 14:02

14:20

14:21

Above a female on Chromolaena @ 20 Jan 2021