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Narrow Banded Velvet Bob

Koruthaialos rubecula luzonensis

Description:

The Narrow-banded Velvet Bob or Changeable Velvet Bob, Koruthaialos rubecula luzonensis Fruhstorfer 1910 (Hesperiidae; Hesperiinae). The ssp. K. r. luzonensis occurs in the islands of the Luzon region. The other 2 ssps. in the Philippines are atra (Visayas region), and ponta (Palawan islands).

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.

Notes:

Reference: http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Mal...

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Los Baños, Calabarzon, Philippines

Spotted on May 2, 2017
Submitted on Nov 4, 2017

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