Dark Grass Brown, Smooth-eyed Bushbrown

Description:

A medium-sized butterfly with wingspan of 45 to 55 mm (1.8 to 2.2 in). The butterfly is dark brown above with a thin marginal pale border. The upper hindwing having a thin submarginal line. There are no eye-spots on the upper side of the wings. Below, the butterfly has a white discal band which runs across both wings. It has five ocelli beloe (eyespots) on the undersides of the wings. In the forewing, it has two eyespots, with the anterior eyespot slightly smaller. In the hindwing, it has two ocelli on the apical region and a separate ocellus in the tornal (hindmost) region. The uppermost of the eyespots in the hindwing are greatly smaller, while the remaining two are more or less of equal sizes.

Habitat:

O. medus is very common in grassy habitats up to an altitude of 1,600 m (5,200 ft). A shy, weak-flying insect, it stays low amongst the undergrowth, and when disturbed flies for a short distance before settling down. The butterfly basks in the sun, often with its body aligned parallel to the sun's rays

Notes:

Historically been called the "Nigger" but since have been renamed. It is native to India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, South Yunnan, Malaysia, the Indonesian archipelago, the Philippines, New Guinea, New Britain and Australia.