orange bush-brown butterfly

Description:

Mycalesis terminus is found in Papua (Indonesia), Papua New Guinea and surrounding islands. It also occurs in Australia (Cape York). Larvae feed on a variety of grasses particularly Imperata cyclindrica (alang alang), Themeda triandra (Kangaroo grass) and Megathyrsus maximus (Guinea grass). Mature larvae 32 mm long, body brownish with obscure markings; anal segment with a forked chocolate-brown projection; head dark brown with 2 horns. Adults on upper surface are orange-brown with veins and towards upper margins black, fore wing with a yellowish patch and an eyespot; hind wing has 3 subterminal eyespots; lower surface basically brown with a paler band towards the margins, eyespots present on both wings.

Habitat:

Spotted in a large semi-urban yard & garden next to a patch of disturbed remnant forest.