The Forested Path (and Beyond): BUTTERFLIES of RAUB

Thursday, February 2, 2017

The Red Vein Lancer, Pyroneura niasana burmana (Evans)

From afar ressembles very much Pyroneura perakana because of the reddish brown colour of the veins and its larger size but closer observations will differentiate it from P. perkana:

1. On the hindwing undersides the brown areas are twice wider than the reddish orange veins and

2. the forelegs are clothed in long primrose coloured hair (see pix below)
(C&P)

Compare it to P. perakana perakana (Evans)

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)

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

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

Above pix of a male visiting C. odorata @ 16h45 along a jungle roadside at mid-elevation. 31 Jan 2017.

Monday, January 30, 2017

The Common Maplet, Chersonesia risa risa (Doubleday)

Has all the habits of Chersonesia and are found in the same localities as such but mostly confined to lower mid-elevations. Both males and females visit flowers of the Chromolaena and Lantana but males are also found puddling on seepages and damp forest floor. The species can easily be set apart from others by its rather straight FW termen and the markings are aligned to it, giving the FW an acute appearance.

Habitat indicator