The Coon, Psolos fuligo fuligo (Mabille)

It looks like a larger and decidedly rounder version of the Forest Hopper and has some very faint ferruginous (rusty) spots on the undersides of its brown wings.

Habitat indicator

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

Frequency observation chart: (x marks the usual occurrences, H marks an unusually high occurrence, F for first record)

2013
Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
					x	x	x

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

2014

2015

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mac

Apr

May

June

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

x

x

x

H

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

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

This is a butterfly of the forest and was photographed near a ginger thicket in a semi-open path way :25 August 2013 @ 11:22

 Sunning itself on a sun-lit leaf: 24 November 2013 @10:37

 10:38

10:45

27 December 2013 @ 11:45

18 Jan 2014 @ 11:34

13:15

The current cold spell brought gloomy weather and suddenly, this skipper becomes very abundant in all its usual localities. Above 2 photos 26 Jan 2014 @ 12:26.

23 Feb 2014 @ 10:54. Despite the return of hot and dry spell, it is still common though less so than in January - maybe Dec-Feb is their active period of the year?

Above photos 08 Jan 2015 @ 11:32-11:44

24 Jan 2015 @ 11:33 from an elevation of 600M

22 Feb 2015 @ 10:23

08 Feb 2020 @ 12:24