The Forested Path (and Beyond): BUTTERFLIES of RAUB: October 2014

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Pyroneura agnesia (Eliot)

The below specimen was found visiting a flowering Leea indica bush along a forested path.

Habitat indicator

RSP	WV	PG	VF	FTR	SC	LWDF	LWPF	LMEF	UMN	MN
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Frequency observation chart: (S marks the usual occurence, H mark an unusually high occurence, F for first record)

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								S2(F)

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13:47

Keys to its ID (Thanks Dr Seow):

for a male specimen

-sharp FW & abdominal end

-antennal shaft dark with yellow/orange club

-veins scaled red-orange, HW vein 8 scaled red

-HW orange/red veins as wide as brown ground

Above photos from 20 July 2014

Saturday, October 25, 2014

The Harlequin, Taxila haquinus haquinus (Fabricius)

This is a butterfly of the forest's edge, found on sunlit spots among bushes that reaches the mid-storey. It has the same habits like the other members of the family.

Habitat indicator

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

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

2013		2014
Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
											S3

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		S21

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Above pictures of a very large female, 25 October 2014 @ 12:58-13:00. The female of this species can be differentiated from that of Laxita thuisto by its white subapical band which is not separated by darkened vein (pix below).