The Forested Path (and Beyond): BUTTERFLIES of RAUB: Genus Bibasis (Moore)

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Saturday, November 2, 2013

The Orange-tailed Awl, Bibasis sena uniformis (Elwes & Edwards)

This attractive skipper looks like Hasora vitta with an orange ciliated tail but smaller in size and has the same habits.

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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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The above photos were taken of an individual that hovers over a granite boulder used for a barbecue pit by picnickers. 28 April 2013 @ 10:40.

Above 2 photos of a specimen attracted to a piece of dung on a parking lot. 12 August 2013 @ 10:10.

07 Dec 2014 @ 11:21

Attracted to a piece of wet plastic: 10 Dec 2014 @ 12:54

12:59

Above photos 10 May 2015 @ 12:29

Sunday, May 26, 2013

The Pale Green Awlet, Bibasis gomata lalita (Fruhstorfer)

This is a very unusually coloured skipper. If chanced upon a moist spot in the dark, it is unmistakable for its undersides have contrasting greenish-grey veins over cream-coloured streaks (internervular), giving it a rather "zebra-like" appearence. This is again contrasted by bright ochre-orange thorax and feet...Rare in pristine forests.

Habitat indicator