Thursday, May 31, 2018

Ixias alticola (Pendlebury, 1933)

Denizen of the hill stations and montane environment. It flies in the earlier part of the morning when the sun is full, visiting flowers like Lantana and Mikania. It is usually very skittish and avoid human presence. Females have white background colour and white apical band over black markings while males have an orange apical tip. The undersides are indistinguishable from other species of Ixias, which is a rich yellow ground colour with various degree of mottling.

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








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

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 S5
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Above pictures of a female: 25 Feb 2017

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 Females of this species is easily distinguished from others by the white markings.

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Above pictures of a female: 10 June 2017

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

The Forest White, Phrissura cynis cynis (Hewitson, [1866])

A forest butterfly intolerant of disturbances.


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







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

2016
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2017
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 S23







2018
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 S23









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Above pictures of a male @ 08 April 2018.