Mycalesis maianeas maianeas (Hewitson)

This is a beautiful forest insect that can be baited with rotting fruit and is one of the rarer Mycalesis species to be encountered along a forested path. The Mycalesis butterflies, like many other satyrids, are active in the earlier part of the morning or the later part of the afternoon.

Habitat indicator

RSP	WV	PG	VF	FTR	SC	LWDF	LWPF	LMEF	UMN	MN
							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
						S3F

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

2014

2015

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mac

Apr

May

June

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

S2

S1

S2

2016
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
	S3	S2				S2		S2

2017
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
									S28

2018
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
							S5

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

Above pictures from 21 September 2013 @ 16:05

24 August 2014 @ 12:14

12 Dec 2014 @ 12:59

 12:42

 12:45

12:47
Above photos 02 May 2015

Above pictures of a newly eclosed male: S2 28 June 2015 @ 11:33

attracted to rotting fruits: 15 Mac 2016 @ 11:47

17 Oct 2017 @ 13:06

Surprisingly locally common on a submontane heath forest: 18 August 2018