The Forested Path (and Beyond): BUTTERFLIES of RAUB

Saturday, July 19, 2014

The Small Redeye, Gangara sanguinocculus (Martin)

This skipper inhabits the dark understorey - without flash in the dark forest, it appears to be a very dark insect with unusual markings on its undersides. It is much smaller than the Giant Redeye, G. thrysis and can be readily distinguished from the later by the white spot on the HW cell.

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(F)

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

2017
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
						S2

2018
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
				S2

2019
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

Above photos 05 July 2014 @ 12:24

12 May 2018

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

The Black-veined Branded Redeye, Matapa sasivarna (Moore)

This is a very distinctive skipper - under flash, the ruby-red eyes shines and the head and thorax are covered with shiny green scales and hair. The wings are plain grey-brown and in the shades, appear to be very dark, almost black. The HW tornal area is fringed with light orange cilia. This is an insect of the dark understorey.

Habitat indicator