From afar ressembles an Anthene and can be overlooked easily. The males have beautiful deep brilliant ultramarine upperside bordered with black on the FW apical and costal area while the female is much paler and have much wider borders on the HW and FW. Only recently recorded from Raub despite extensive observation in 2013 & 2014. The foodplant, Nepenthes is not a known wild host plant in the localities where these specimens were taken.
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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x
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Mac
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S4(F)
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Above 4 photos of a pristine male visiting the flowers of Leea indica growing by a freshwater river swamp area: 25 Dec 2014 @ 12:30
Above a female from the same locality: 04 Jan 2015 @ 11:40.
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Above 3 pictures of a female found in the most unlikely of places: visiting the flowers of Chromolaena odorata 3 meters away from my backyard! 27 Dec 2014 @ 13:31
A male visiting Leea indica in an open wasteland (S6): 04 Oct 2015 @ 15:07
a male from S4: 11 Oct 2015 @ 11: 28
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