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Charaxes brutus natalensis
Seen imbibing minerals from dung (?monkey poo) with several other forest butterflies.
Seen on a small path, quite deep in pre-montane tropical forest. Last photo shows the habitat, quite near this small stream.
Looking at this one again Leuba, I'm not sure how exact the markings should be. This one only seems to have 1 tail. Maybe the other one broke off. Anyway I'll call it your suggestion and see if I get any response from folks out there. http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Afr... Thinking this could be charaxes brutus natalensis also, if the labelling is correct... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:F...
Spotted on Jul 18, 2014
Submitted on Aug 23, 2014
8 Comments
thanks martin for having a look through my collection and ID-ing a few. Need someone familiar with African butterflies, Uganda specifically!
Hahaha yes Leuba, quite a few flies! Some of the photos show them quite clearly. Mostly they were blue with red eyes. Even the flies were pretty! I have one to upload when I've uploaded all the butterflies. Getting close now!
It is certainly beautiful Pam. Nice you got the species ID. I could see photos of the orange winged one in a blog on Ugandan butterflies but sadly no name ! I see now that there are a few flies as well !
thanks Hema. I agree...
colors nd pattern are superb!
thanks MartinL... Do you have time to look at the other ones?
I agree with brutus. It is the common one. C. druceanus is close, and I suppose C. castor but I confidently agree with you.
Thinking this could be charaxes brutus natalensis also, if the labelling is correct. Any opinions?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:F...
http://en.butterflycorner.net/Charaxes-b...