The Banded Ace, Halpe zema zamba (Corbet)

The genus Halpe is generally uncommon but they may be more readily observed on flowering bushes by the forest's edge towards the wetter months of the year on the hills.

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
	S1F

2013		2014
Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
			S1	S1

2014

2015

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mac

Apr

May

June

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

S3S6

S3S6

S6

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

2017
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
											S12

2018
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
S12

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

2020
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
							x	x			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

Above 2 photos 28 April 2013 @ 10:14

Above 3 photos from Site 1: 23 Feb 2014 @ 12:40. It was attracted to my sweat-soaked shirt and was quite oblivious to my presence...

This one was sunning itself on a small patch of lalang on an exposed hill shoulder by a raodside. A number were seen on the same bush, frequenting flowering Chromolaena odorata. 31 Jan 2015 @ 10:38

Above photos 25 Oct 2015 @ 11:04

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from Site 3:

 11:28

11:30

 11:31

11:32

 11:33

11:33

Above photos 27 Nov 2014

13 Dec 2014 @ 14:18

30 Dec 2014 @ 11:11

Above photos 06 Jan 2018 @ 12:30

11:44

11:45

Above photos 16 Jan 2021