The Black Rajah, Charaxes solon echo (Butler)

From afar, this looks like a small version of Polyura schreiber. It is an insect of the forest and males will come to moist spots the later part of the afternoon. Localised in distribution and is a great rarity in lowland dipterocarp forest.

Habitat indicator

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

Frequency observation chart: (S marks the usual occurences, 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	S2	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
						S2

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

Above photos of a worn male 05 June 2014 @ 14:49

Above 3 photos of a pristine male: 29 June 2014 @ 11:08

A glimpse of its upper, 19 July 2014 @ 15:27

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 14;16

 14:17

 14:18

14:19
Above pictures of a male: 30 July 2016