Monday, May 12, 2014

The Red Demon, Ancistroides armatus armatus (H. Druce)

Forest butterfly of the deep shades where ginger and palms abound in the moist undergrowth. Commoner in the hills. It is larger than K. sindhu and the much broader orange discal band extends towards the tornus of the forewings.

Habitat indicator
RSP
WV
PG
VF
FTR
SC
LWDF
LWPF
LMEF
UMN
MN






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 x
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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






S3


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








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





S2








This is a forest butterfly, photographed from a sunlit understorey of a forest @ 450M elevation. Above 2 photos 21 September 2013 @ 11:03


Above 2 photos 22 Nov 2014 @ 11:26


Above photos of an exceptionally large specimen from a dark ginger thicket of an undergrowth at around 450M: 12 Apr 2015 @ 12:24

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