Common Five-ring

Description:

Ypthima stellera stellera Eschscholtz 1821, a five-ring Satyrinae butterfly endemic to the Philippines, is more prevalent in Luzon and the country as a whole, than Y. baldus which occurs mostly in Palawan. The typical yellow-ringed black ocelli is a distinguishing feature of the various species in the Ypthima family. The pair of rings at the tornus of the hindwing is counted as one. The total number of the rings counted thus give this species its common name.

Habitat:

Makiling Botanic Gardens, a 300-hectare protected forest park, situated at the lower elevations of the Mount Makiling Forest Reserve's Molawin-Dampalit watershed in Los Baños, Laguna.