The Common Grass Yellow, Eurema hecabe contubernalis (Moore)

This is a very common butterfly and can be seen at the usual spots at all elevations. It does not have the chocolate marking on the apex of the undersides of its forewings and  has faint markings on the undersides of its wings. It can be distinguished by the presence of 2 cell spots on the undersides of its forewings. Undersides can be very variable.

Habitat indicator

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

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

2013
Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S

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

2014

2015

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mac

Apr

May

June

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

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

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

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

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

Above 4 photos from 13 June 2013 @ 13:04

18 December 2013 @ 12:17

12:45

13:14

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11:59

 12:49

12:51
Above photos 27 December 2013

29 May 2016 @ 11:27

18 June 2016 @ 18:38

23 July 2016 @ 13:06

12:32

12:43
Above pictures 18 Mac 2017

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Fuller winged variants are usually abundant during the wetter season, found mostly in much wooded localities in Raub...

Above picture of a solitary specimen taken along a moist jungle track in 19 Dec 2013 @ 13:26.

Above photos of a specimen from the same locality, a year later: 02 Dec 2014 @ 12:48

 05 Dec 2014 @ 13:02

12 June 2016 @ 11:48

And they are back in 2018...

14:11

14:14
Above pictures 10 Feb 2018