 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.
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. |
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