The Forested Path (and Beyond): BUTTERFLIES of RAUB

Thursday, September 3, 2015

Tagiades toba toba (de Nicéville)

Seasonal and uncommon, this smaller-sized flat is found mostly on flowering bushes on the edge of forested areas.

Some ID keys (Thanks Dr Seow)

-FW 7 peripheral spots - lower 2 in space 2 & 3

-HW band tapers outward

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)

2014

2015

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mac

Apr

May

June

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

S3(F)

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

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

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
							S3	S3

2020
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

2021
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

2022
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

11:54

12:19

Above pictures of a female: 17 Jan 2015

Friday, August 21, 2015

The Malayan Cruiser, Vindula erota chersonesia (Pendlebury)

Larger than the Lesser Cruiser, V. dejone and are usually confined to the hills but in Raub, they were observed to descend to the foothills at 190m above sea level. They are generally larger than V. dejone and can be differentiated from V. dejone by the scalloped markings on the post-discal area (straight line in V. dejone)