The Cardinal, Thamala marciana marciana (Hewitson)

Ressembles a Ticherra in size and appearences but the undersides are unicolorously rich ochreous brown with a light metallic sheen. There is a faint macular post-discal line on the undersides of both wings like those of Ticherra and Cheritra. On the uppersides, the female has an unmistakable bright orange discal patch on dark brown the forewing and the tornal lobe of the hindwing above is bluish grey. The males have red uppersides and a much redder and richer undersides. Thamala marciana is actually closer to Loxura, being classed in Subtribe Loxuriti. Very rare and essentially a canopy dweller but may be found hill topping in certain localities.

Habitat indicator

RSP	WV	PG	VF	FTR	SC	LWDF	LWPF	LMEF	UMN	MN
							x

Frequency observation chart: (S marks the usual occurences, H marks an unusually high occurence, F for first record)

2016
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
											S3S20(F)

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 pictures of a female visiting Chromolaena odorata: 24 Dec 2016 @ 12:30

Above a larger female 27 Dec 2016 @ 14:15

Compare to a male taken by Sunny Chir from Thailand


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Compare to the undersides of:

Ticherra acte

Cheritra freja