The Chestnut Bob, Iambrix salsala salsala (Moore)

This tiny and almost inconspicuous butterfly is common around bushes fringing traditional villages or argricultural land fringing the forest and even in town parks, among the firsts to be seen darting around lantana bushes and sunning itself in the morning.

Habitat indicator

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

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

2014

2015

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mac

Apr

May

June

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

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

2017
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
S	S

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

 

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

 

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

Above 2 photos 16 August 2013 @ 8:32 

16 August 2013 @ 9:56

Reacted to the pre-flash: 02 November 2013 @ 10:20

27 December 2013 @ 13:05

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Above all a series of photos of a male: 12 Jan 2014 @ 10:43

26 Jan 2014 @ 11:49

13 July 2014 @ 9:35

16 Dec 2014 @ 11:20

15:43

15:43

Above pictures 11 Feb 2017 @ S20

10:08

10:08

Above pictures of a specimen nectaring on Arytera littoralis, 06 April 2022

Consult the voucher specimen from S7:  http://nlliew66butterflies2.blogspot.com/2015/07/iambrix-salsala-moore-1866-salsala.html