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Mycalesis perseus caesonia
Nymphalidae; Satyrinae; Mycalesis perseus caesonia Wallengren 1860 (wet season form). "The SATYRINAE, the satyrines or satyrids, commonly known as the browns, are a subfamily of the Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies). They are generally weak fliers and often shun bright sunlight, preferring moist and semishaded habitats. The caterpillars feed chiefly on monocotyledonous plants such as palms, grasses, and bamboos." Philippine Lepidoptera.
These four Common Bushbrowns were all spotted just after midday on grasses and foliage on a piece of uncultivated land beside a farmhouse in the middle of rice fields (the rice crop had been harvested about one month before this spotting).
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