Monday 27 July 2015

39. Vagrans egista sinha (The Vagrant)

Number: 39
Family: Nymphaliidae
Sub-Family: Heliconiinae
Species: Vagrans egista sinha (Kollar [1844])
Common name(s): The Vagrant
Photography location: Cuc Phuong N.P. (Ninh Binh Prov.), Xuan Son N.P. (Phu Tho Prov.)

Vagrans egista is the only representative of its genus (monotypic genus). It is a wide-ranging species known from India to Australia.

Vagrans egista, Cuc Phuong, July 2014

Vagrans egista, Cuc Phuong, July 2014


Vagrans egista, Xuan Son, August 2016


 Vagrans egista, Hanoi City, October 2015 - photographed in an open small wooded patch in the suburbs
An unexpected visitor, certainly not breed here

Vagrans egista (middle) puddling with Vindula erota (left) and Cirrochroa tyche - Xuan Son, August 2016

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