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Faunis eumeus
Upperside of males and females: forewing maroon, with a very broad, oblique, preapical, somewhat diffuse, bright ochraceous band extending from costa to termen and along latter almost to the tornus; this band broader in the female than in the male. Hindwing brown, shading to dark maroon anteriorly. Underside maroon-brown; apex of fore wing broadly paler, dorsal margin of same dull brown; subbasal, discal and postdiscal dark, sinuous, continuous lines crossing both wings ; between the latter two a series of prominent round white spots, five or six on the fore wing (straight in the male, slightly incurved in the female ), six or seven on the hind wing, arched in both sexes. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen brown.
south and southeast Asia
I spotted this on a rock in a shallow riverbed near Tuy Hoa. I could only get these 2 decent shots. It's feeding on a piece of pomelo.
Spotted on Feb 5, 2012
Submitted on May 28, 2012
