The Common Brownwing, Miletus chinensis learchus (C. & R. Felder)

Tiny inconspicuous brown butterfly that inhabits secondary growths in urbanized area in Raub. Recognisable in flight by its usual flitting movement and a decidedly ochre-brown uppers with a faint lighter apical band, especially in the females. Uncommon and highly localized.

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)

2014

2015

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mac

Apr

May

June

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

S6(F)

S6

S6

2016
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
										S6

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

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

Above photo of a female from 18 Dec 2014 @ 15:43. Its range has extended South since the publication of C&P in 1992 which indicated that this is a continental species occurring only North of Penang in the Peninsular.

Above photos of another female from 08 June 2015 @ 18:05. It was seen hovering a low Chromolaena bush and settled on the plant where it was collected @ 17:30.

 Female depositing eggs onto a Chromolaena plant infected with aphids. 16:16

 16:16

 16:43

16:44

Above pictures 12 Nov 2016

Consult the voucher collection: http://nlliew66butterflies2.blogspot.com/2015/06/miletus-chinensis-learchus-c-r-felder.html