Hypolycaena merguia skapane (H. H. Druce)

From afar, this looks like a diminutive cross between H. erylus and Chliara othona. This is a rare butterfly of the forest.

Habitat indicator

RSP	WV	PG	VF	FTR	SC	LWDF	LWPF	LMEF	UMN	MN
							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)	S2

2014

2015

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mac

Apr

May

June

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

2016
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
					S2S3	S2

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

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

Above photos 29 June 2014 @ 13:02. It was puddling on a moist spot among bees and other butterflies and was almost dismissed as a diminutive Zeltus amasa when I suddenly decided to give it a closer shot.

26 July 2014 @ 13:56

above photos 04 June 2016 @ 12:52

25 June 2016 @ 15:09

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Above photos 07 July 2016

23 July 2022 @ 12:53