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Description:

Ypthima doleta, the Common Ringlet, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. The butterflies are instantly recognisable as a group, all being marked with fine striations on the underside, and possessing a submarginal series of yellow-ringed black ocelli. This species breeds in small colonies of up to 100 or so butterflies. Like other Ypthima species it is active in overcast conditions as well as in sunny weather.

Habitat:

The habitat consists of humid areas, including farmland, forest margins and glades. One often finds them on the ground in the shade of bushes.

Notes:

This species is found in grassy areas including degraded forests, where it breeds along the edges of grassy tracks and roadsides. This is not Common African Ringlet, Ypthima doleta, as I originally thought. There are no ocelli (eyes) on the upper hind wing.

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3 Comments

pamsai
pamsai 9 years ago

Hahaha yes Hema...

pamsai
pamsai 9 years ago

This is not Common African Ringlet, Ypthima doleta, as I originally thought. There are no ocelli (eyes) on the upper hind wing. But it looks like one of the ringlets.
Any ideas, anyone?

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 9 years ago

superb!i dream of Africa!

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