Common Bushbrown Butterfly (Dry-season form)

Description:

Mycalesis perseus (Fabricius, 1775), the Dingy Bushbrown or Common Bushbrown, is a species of satyrine butterfly found in South Asia and Southeast Asia. The occurring subspecies in the Luzon Philippines area is the Mycalesis perseus caesonia Wallengren, 1860. The bushbrowns, Mycalesis, are brush-footed butterflies. They are common in the warm regions from Central Asia to Australia, and have a high diversity in South Asia and the Wallacea. They are notably polymorphic, with wet- and dry-season forms differing in many species, especially as regards size and number of underwing eyespots.

Habitat:

Backyard garden, found on a "walis-tambo", a local soft broom.

Notes:

Reference: http://pbh-butterflies.yolasite.com/phil.... Wet-season form spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/173....