The Cyclops Bushbrown, Mycalesis mnasicles perna (Fruhstorfer)

Habitat indicator

RSP	WV	PG	VF	FTR	SC	LWDF	LWPF	LMEF	UMN	MN
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Frequency observation chart: (S marks the usual occurences, H marks an unusually high occurence, F for first record)

2013
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S6

I mistakenly IDed this butterfly as Faunis canens because of its unusual size and the fact that it frequented an area where Faunis were frequently spotted. However, on close inspection of its original photographs, I noticed that the undersides has a row of occelli bordering its wings like a Mycalesis and a particular white-centered occellus on the sub-tornal area of its forewing (pix 3) which is the indicator of a very large yellow-ringed, white centerer black occellus on the uppersides of the forewings. It also has a much more angular wing configuration  and a median bar that does not correspond to the wing patterns of a Faunis. Above all photos from 01 May 2013 @ 16:46. It was attracted to oozing saps fom an old tree by a stream which was earlier visited by a Neorina lowii.

 20:58

23:00

Above photos show a stray specimen that was attracted to my house's porch light from a nearby secondary growth which was recently cleared. It is, however, essentially a forest butterfly. 23 May 2015

Consult the voucher collection:
http://nlliew66butterflies2.blogspot.com/2015/06/mycalesis-mnasicles-hewitson-1864-perna.html