Saturday, June 4, 2022

The Abnormal Flash, Rapala duma duma (Hewitson)

Instantly recognisable from all the other species of Rapala by the dark circular mark on the discal area of the FW and HW. Essentially a forest butterfly. Rare in the lowland but can be locally common on hill tops.

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 occurrences, H marks an unusually high occurrence, F for first record)

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





 S1(F)

S2





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





S16





S16

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 photo of a very worn specimen found at the edge of a forest trail: 12 June 2016 @ 10:40

10:08

10:09

10:12
Above pictures 10 May 2022

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