The Forested Path (and Beyond): BUTTERFLIES of RAUB: Cheritra group

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Saturday, June 20, 2015

The Orange Imperial, Ritra aurea volumnia (Fruhstorfer)

Rare insect of the lowland dipterocarp forests. Males can sometimes be seen dogfighting around open sentry points in sun-lit mid canopy otherwise they have a tendency to remain high up away from sight.

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

S2(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
		S21

2018
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

Above pictures of a worn male: 24 May 2015

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10:25

10:27 - a worn male with the brands showing through

10:29 - attracted to bright plastic surface

10:32 - picking up sweat from hand

10:33

10:38

10:39

10:41

Above pictures 26 Mac 2017

Consult the voucher collection:

Male from Site 2
http://nlliew66butterflies2.blogspot.com/2015/06/ritra-aurea-h-druce-1873-volumnia.html

Monday, September 1, 2014

The Dark Posy, Drupadia theda thesmia (Hewitson)

The Dark Posy ressembles very much its commoner cousin D. ravindra and they have the same habits. D. theda can readily be identified from the latter by having its HW markings in double lines instead of solid black bars (pix above).

Habitat indicator