The Malaysian Albatross, Saletara liberia distanti (Butler)

This is a seasonal butterfly and is found in numbers during certain times of the year and hardly seen thereafter. Even the occurence fluctuates from year to year depending on localities.

Habitat indicator

RSP	WV	PG	VF	FTR	SC	LWDF	LWPF	LMEF	UMN	MN
						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			S1S2	S1S2	S1S2	S1S	S1S2	S2	S2	S1

2014

2015

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mac

Apr

May

June

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

S1

S2

S1S2

S1S2

2016
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
		S1	S1	S1S2	S1S2(H)

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

12:19

17 December 2013 @ 12:28

24 March 2014 @ 13:27

 19 April 2014 @ 12: 09

Above photos of a puddling female, a rare occassion: 19 April 2014 @ 12:40

01 June 2014 @ 11:59

30 July 2014 @ 12:20

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A puddling male: 24 Oct 2014 @ 13:31

13:04

Above photos of a female: 24 October 2014 @ 13:09

07 Dec 2014 @ 11:24

Above photos 28 May 2016 @ 12:13

 a small puddling group on moist forest floor: 12:54

the uppersides: 12:57

12:57
Above photos 01 June 2016

02 June 2016 @ 11:47

A female puddling on a moist spot along a jungle trail -  03 June 2016 @ 11:51

A female on the wings: 12:43

and another puddling: 12:52
Above photos 26 June 2016