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Family
Mycalesis orseis nautilus
Purple Bush Brown

Details
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Satyrinae
Genus: Mycalesis
Species: orseis nautilus
Common Name: Purple Bush Brown
Wingspan:
Forms:
Status in Singapore:
Life History: incomplete
This butterfly can be found in: •Singapore  
Hostplant(s):

Description
The Purple Bush Brown is rather local in distribution and is rarer than the other Mycalesis species in Singapore. One of the distinguishing features of this species of Mycalesis is that the prominently yellow-ringed ocelli (eye-spots) are rather uniform in size and are almost all present on both the fore- and hindwings below. The rather broad white post-discal band on the underside is faintly violet-washed.

Habitat & Habits
The Purple Bush Brown is a forest species and is most often encountered in the Chestnut area in the forest fringes of the western banks of Upper Peirce Reservoir. It is usually found singly and flies low amongst the grasses and undergrowth in shaded localities.

Other Observations
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Early Stages
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Further Reading
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Early Stages Photos
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