Polyura eudamippus flight season?

[SK Khew]

Polyura eudamippus is rather rare in Malaysia, but I've encountered it 
several times, usually puddling along jungle streams or feeding on rotting 
fruit.  There was once when a pristine specimen was encountered feeding on 
human faeces near a toilet!

In Malaysia, it does not appear to be seasonal and can be encountered almost 
throughout the year.  Best bet of getting to see one is by using rotting 
fruit bait, papaya and pineapples are the best.


>My search didn't prove very helpful.
>
>P. eudamippus appears to be double brooded in South China and single 
>brooded
>further north,, according to Chou Io (chief ed.), 1994. Monographia
>Rhopalocerorum Sinensium. Henan Scientific & Technological Publishing 
>House,
>China., but no specific dates are given (assuming my very poor knowledge of
>Chinese interpreted the text correctly). The species is given as double
>brooded in Hainan (S.China) (Gu M-b & Chen P-z, 1997, Butterflies in Hainan
>Island, [Beijing - ISBN 7-503-81922-7]); again no data regarding dates. The
>same can be said for Corbet A.S. & Pendlebury H.M., 1992 (4th ed.) The
>Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula, Malayan Nature Soc., Kuala Lumpur,
>although it is stated to be rare (in Malaya).
>
>regards,
>
>Roger.
>
>
>Niklas Wahlberg wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone,
> >    A colleague in China has asked whether I had any idea when the flight
> > season of Polyura eudamippus (a fast flying nymphalid) would be. The
> > species occurs in China and SE Asia. Needless to say, I have absolutely 
>no
> > idea. Does anybody know?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Niklas
> >
> > 
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