Elymnias esaca esaca (Westwood)

This Elymnias is a rare butterfly of the deep forest and this specimen was found attracted to a rotting Phallus indusiastus fungus in the deep shades. A seemingly "drunk" and slow flying Papilio demolion led me an elevated fallen tree trunk where it plunged into the dark bushes, something which is unusual, and in the bushes, another P. demolion was feeding with a dark butterfly and a flash with the camera revealed this:

What a "drunken" feast it turned out to be: butterflies, bees, beetles and a host of other tiny flies were all over the mushroom. Shortly, about 2 hours later, the fungus was completely devoured by the hungry horde...

Habitat indicator

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

Frequency observation chart: (S marks the usual occurence, H marks an unusually high occurence, F for first record)

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

2014

2015

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mac

Apr

May

June

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

S5

S5

S5

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

2017
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
							S2	S3

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

10:52

10:54. 

The light blue subapical band visible on the FW upperside. The caterpillars were known to be feeding on the Bamboo Orchid, Arundinaria graminifolia on the hills but this particular specimen was photographed in the lowland forest -it must also be feeding on other species of plant...

Above photos 08 June 2014

from mid-elevation where the bamboo orchid does not reach: 10 Jan 2016 @ 11:51

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the uppersides of the male taken by Gan in FH.

and that of a female...