Charaxes borneensis praestantius (Fruhstorfer)

The elusive Charaxes borneensis praestantius (Fruhstorfer) was first photographed along a forest trail on 24 May 2013 @ 11:41. The broad white patch on the uppersides of its forewings is visible in flight and its undersides has distinctively darker markings than C. bernardus.

Habitat indicator

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

Subsequently, a different specimen was photographed puddling by a stream in an elevated location @ 550M above sea level in Raub...

Above 4 photos of Charaxes borneensis praestantius (Fruhstorfer) puddling on a sandbank on 27 May 2013 @ 11:29.  The white band on the forewings is visible on the second photo.

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				S3

2013		2014
Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
							S2	S2	S2

2014

2015

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mac

Apr

May

June

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

S3

S1

S3

2016
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
								S2

2017
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
							S2

2018
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
	S1

2019
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

Above 3 photos from 22 September 2013 @ 13:10

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 Above 2 photos 20 June 2014 @ 12:49

12:52

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 16:35

16:38
Above 2 photos 12 July 2014

01 August 2014 @ 14:03

12:53

13:16

Above 2 photos 02 Nov 2014

 without flash: 12:29

with flash: 13:38

Above 2 photos 21 Dec 2015

Above pictures 05 August 2017 @ 13:09

 13:01

13:02

Above pictures 15 Feb 2018

Consult the voucher collection: http://nlliew66butterflies2.blogspot.com/2015/05/charaxes-borneensis-butler-1869.html