This is the commonest of the Charaxes to be found in Raub. However, it is decidedly a forest insect and is usually found puddling on droppings or moist spots imbued with animal urine along a jungle path. They have stout bodies and are all strong flyers.
Habitat indicator
RSP
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WV
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PG
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VF
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FTR
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SC
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LWDF
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LWPF
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LMEF
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UMN
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MN
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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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Mac
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S1
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S1
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S1
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S1
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S1
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2013
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Mac
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Oct
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S1
| S1 | S1-3 | S1-3 | S1-3 | S1-3 | S1-3 | S1-3 | S1-3 | S1-3 | S1-3 | S1-3 |
2014
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Mac
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Nov
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Dec
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S1-3
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S1-3
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S1-3
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S1-3
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S1-3
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S1-3
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S1S2
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S1S2S3
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S1S2
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S3
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S2
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Mac
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Oct
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Nov
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Dec
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S1S3
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S3(H)
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S1S2S3
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S1S3
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S1S3
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S1(H)S2
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S1S2
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S1S2
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S
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S
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S
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S
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Dec
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S
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S
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S
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S
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S
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S
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S
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S
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S
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S
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S
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S
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S
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S
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S
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S
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S
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S
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S
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S
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13:57
01 May 2013 @ 12:15
12 May 2013 @ 12:09
Displaying its rich fulvuous brown uppersides and the signature broad sub-apical band in black. 02 June 2013 @ 11:59
A congregating group baited by rotting prawns: 30 May 2013 @ 13:10
This one has a rather greenish sheen on its undersides: 25 May 2014 @ 11:58
Another with a rich purplish sheen under flash: 30 May 2014 @ 11:22
04 June 2014 @ 12:57 - another with an even darker green sheen under flash
06 June 2014 @ 14:43
06 June 2014 @ 11:24 from a different locality
29 June 2014 @ 11:22
Above photos 31 Aug 2014 @ 11:53
01 Nov 2014 @ 11:55
09 Nov 2014 @ 12:28
22 Nov 2014 @ 13:05
Above 2 photos 28 Nov 2014 @ 10:49
02 Dec 2014 @ 11:39
13 Dec 2014 @ 11:23
17 Feb 2015 @ 12:20
11:47
12:56
13:25
The undersides can display a range of markings and colour intensity as shown by the 3 different butterflies above photographed from the same spot: 22 Feb 2015
15 Mac 2015 @ 12:51
04 Apr 2015 @ 11:40
01 May 2015 @ 11:45
12:01
13:16
Above photos 31 May 2015
11:16
12:32
Above photos 11 June 2015
09 Jan 2016 @ 13:52
12 Feb 2016 @ 12:38
09 Feb 2019 @ 13:28
08 Feb 2020 @ 13:09
* * * * *
Above photos 31 May 2015
Above photos 11 June 2015
* * * * *
Females are very much rarer and prefers lofty heights. They are sometimes seen along forest edges and are said to prefer tree saps to carrion which the males are attracted to. Above picture 07 August 2016 @ 12:28.
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