This is an unmistakable butterfly and can be seen frequently in the earlier part of the morning in the vicinity of ginger thickets in wooded countries and sometimes, rarely, in semi-open areas. It is unmarked above and below and is the larger of the dark brown skippers that inhabit the undergrowth. Found equally in rather abandoned or wilder parts of parks and hedges of verdures in urbanised areas.
Frequency observation chart: (S marks the usual occurences, H marks an unusually high occurence, F for first record)
Habitat indicator
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Frequency observation chart: (S marks the usual occurences, H marks an unusually high occurence, F for first record)
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Above 2 photos from 14 September 2013 @ 10:29.
A lighter coloured specimen: 06 October 2013 @ 11:19
Another one nearby @ 11:29
11:31
Above 2 photos 11 October 2013 @ 9:22
13 December 2013 @ 13:19
28 December 2013 @ 14:00
18 Jan 2014 @ 12:14
28 Dec 2014 @ 11:53
22 Sept 2017 @ 10:54
Feeding on ginger flowers: 15 Feb 2018 @ 12:35
08 Feb 2020 @ 11:18
* * * * *
preparing to pupate. the caterpillar turns pale coloured.
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The caterpillar was found feeding on various species of ginger including Zingiber gracilis Jack. The caterpillar spins 2 strand of silk to fold the edges of the leaves together for protection and it continues to feed.
4th instar caterpillar
5th instar
early pupa
mature pupa
pre-eclosion. The imago emerges on the same day.
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