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Satyrinae spp.
Both of these butterflies are from the Nymphalidae; Satyrinae. The Satyrinae are commonly known as "Browns". Using the first picture, for reference, the butterfly on the left is Mycalesis frederici Aoki & Uemura, 1982 (Frederici Bushbrown). The one on the right is Mycalesis janardana micromede Fruhstorfer, 1900 (Janardana Bushbrown). This is the first time that I have seen two butterflies of different species sitting so close together. I saw them at 7:00am and the plant they were resting on was in the shade, but nice and dry. The open areas of the backyard were all drenched in a heavy morning dew. So, I think they may have been sitting together all night and were now waiting for the sun to dry the grasses and foliage, before leaving their comfortable perch.
These two Browns were spotted in our backyard early this morning.
One of my photos was taken "square-on" to the right side of the Janardana and by pure chance, the smaller Frederici was completely hidden behind it. So I have not included it here because I have never managed to photograph a Janardana before and this gives the me opportunity to create a separate spotting just for Mycalesis janardana micromede.
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