| Mycalesis anapita | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Mycalesis |
| Species: | M. anapita |
| Binomial name | |
| Mycalesis anapita Moore, | |
Mycalesis anapita, the tawny bush-brown, is a species of Satyrinae butterfly described by Frederic Moore in 1858. It is found in southern Burma, southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.
Description
The underside of the moth is orange brown in color. The edges of the forewing and hindwing display rusty-brown lines with about 11 eyespots along the wing margins. The upperside from the apex to the tornus displays deep orange brown with black forewing border.
Ecology
Mycalesis anapita is known as an open grassland species that prefers well-lit areas dominated with Poaceae species. It is commonly found low to the ground, in disturbed habitats such as Acacia manfium and palm oil plantations.
The larval host plant for Mycalesis anapita caterpillars are from the family Gramineae. This species is also commonly found along service roads neighbouring primary rainforest, due to the abundance of larval host plants invading, which is also known as a disturbance corridor.
References
- ^ Kirton, L. 2001, A Naturalists Guide To The Butterflies of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore & Thailand, United Selangor Press Sdn Bhd, Kuala Lumpur
- Hamer, K, Hills, J, Benedick, S, Mustaffa, N, Sherratt, T, Maryati, M & Chey, K 2003, "Ecology of butterflies in natural and selectively logged forests of northern Borneo: the importance of habitat heterogeneity", Journal of Applied Ecology, vol. 40, pp. 150-162
- Scriven, S, Beale, C, Benedick, S & Hill, J 2017, "Barriers to dispersal of rain forest butterflies in tropical agricultural landscapes", Biotropica: The Journal of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, vol.49, no. 2, pp. 206-216
- Lucey, J & Hill, J 2012, "Spillover of Insects from Rain Forest into Adjacent Oil Palm Plantations", Biotropica, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 368-377
- Robinson, G, Ackery, P, Kitching, I, Beccaloni, G, Hernandez, L 2001, Hostplants of the moth and butterfly caterpillars of the Oriental Region, The Natural History Museum, London & Southdene SDN BHD, Kuala Lumpur.
- Dumbrell, A & Hill, J 2005, "Impacts of selective logging on canopy and ground assemblages of tropical forest butterflies: Implications for sampling", Biological Conservation, vol. 125, no.1, pp. 123-131
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Mycalesis anapita | |