Sunday, March 22, 2015

The Great Saturn, Zeuxidia aurelius aurelius (Cramer)

Rare and solitary, confined to deep forest in the lowlands. It is an unmistakable butterfly which figures among the largest Malayan butterflies. The underside ressembles a white-washed A. phidippus.

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







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x



Frequency observation chart: (S marks the usual occurences, H marks an unusually high occurence, F for first record)
2014
2015
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mac
Apr
May
June
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec




 S2(F)









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

S2



S2






11:50

11:52

11:53

11:53
Above pictures of a female: 19 Mac 2015. It was completely hidden among a litter of dead leaves in the undergrowth until disturbed by my footpaths - and it sprang to life and landed not far on an open trail...

a female attracted to rotting fruits on the forest floor: 14 Mac 2016 @ 11:19

a male feeding on fruit bait with another male Z. doubledayi. 09 July 2016 @ 12:00

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