Saturday, September 21, 2013

Mycalesis maianeas maianeas (Hewitson)

This is a beautiful forest insect that can be baited with rotting fruit and is one of the rarer Mycalesis species to be encountered along a forested path. The Mycalesis butterflies, like many other satyrids, are active in the earlier part of the morning or the later part of the afternoon.

Habitat indicator
RSP
WV
PG
VF
FTR
SC
LWDF
LWPF
LMEF
UMN
MN







 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






S3F 


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

S2




S1
S2






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

 S3
 S2



S2

S2




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









S28


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







 S5





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













2020
Jan
Feb
Mac
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec















Above pictures from 21 September 2013 @ 16:05

24 August 2014 @ 12:14

12 Dec 2014 @ 12:59

 12:42

 12:45

12:47
Above photos 02 May 2015


Above pictures of a newly eclosed male: S2 28 June 2015 @ 11:33

attracted to rotting fruits: 15 Mac 2016 @ 11:47

17 Oct 2017 @ 13:06

Surprisingly locally common on a submontane heath forest: 18 August 2018

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