Showing posts with label Tribe Vagrantini. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tribe Vagrantini. Show all posts

Friday, October 7, 2016

Cirrochroa satellita satellita (Butler)

Rare and confined to heavily wooded forest trails where it can often be dismissed as a small C. orissa in flight. Unlike the larger and commoner Cirrochroas or Yeomans, this species is shy and do not stay long on open trails where they make occasional visits and darts back into the safety of the undergrowth once they sense the presence of human in the vicinity.

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)

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





 S2(F)
S2
S2
S2
S2

S20

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












A record shot of a specimen sunning itself on a leaf under a sun-speckled forest trail. 26 June 2016 @ 11:36.


Above photos of a worn specimen visiting moist sand on an open trail: 02 October 2016 @ 10:48

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







S1






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

 14:06

 14:08

14:08
Above pictures 08 April 2017