The Forested Path (and Beyond): BUTTERFLIES of RAUB: Genus Terinos (Boisduval)

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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

The Large Assyrian, Terinos atlita teuthras (Hewitson)

This is not an uncommon butterfly, found usually singly and having affinity for cement structures. They seem to like shades and retreat to the forest in the afternoon. They share the same localities with T. terpander which is smaller and has a shorter tail projection.

Habitat indicator

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

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

2013		2014
Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
						S2

2014

2015

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mac

Apr

May

June

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

2016
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
					S2						S20

2017
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
S20			S1

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

Above pictures of a female 13 May 2014 @ 13:13 - 13:18. The female has decidedly more falcate forewings than the males and lesser areas of metallic blue-purple sheen on the uppersides. They can be differentiated from T. clarissa by their white post-discal spots on the HW (The chevron-shaped post-discal spots of T. clarissa are dark purple in colour).

Above photos of a male: 25 June 2016 @ 15:48

07 Jan 2017 @ 10:32

14:03

14:04

14:06

14:08

Above pictures 08 April 2017

Monday, March 24, 2014

The Assyrian, Terinos clarissa malayana (Fruhstorfer)

This is an insect of the forest that is sometimes found in the same vicinities of T. terpander. However, it is larger in appearance and has a much longer tail projection at the vein 4 of the hindwing. When the wings are open, this area is coloured pale yellow-orange with purple post-discal spots. They tend to stay in the shades till mid-day where they will retreat deeper into the shady forest. Uncommon.

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