Number: 229
Family: Lycaeniidae
Sub-Family: Thecliinae
Sub-Family: Thecliinae
Species: Deudorix epijarbus amatius Fruhstorfer, [1912]
Common name(s): The Common Cornelian
Photography location: Tam Dao foothills (Vinh Phuc Prov.)
Female Deudorix epijarbus amatius, Tam Dao, January 02, 2016
An unexpected find in the heart of winter
Same individual, feeding on Chromolaena odorata flowers
Ditto - showing its underwing pattern
Female Up is brown (darker at termen and costa), whereas male Up is orange-red with a broad dark border at FW termen
The genus Deudorix comprise more than 60 species. Deudorix epijarbus, the only representative of the genus in Vietnam, is a wide-ranging Indomalayan species.
An unexpected find in the heart of winter
Female Up is brown (darker at termen and costa), whereas male Up is orange-red with a broad dark border at FW termen
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