Miletus biggsii biggsii (Biggs's Brownie)

This species is locally common in certain areas and is often found in well-shaded localities on the fringes of nature reserves.  The butterfly is reddish brown above, with an oblique white band on the forewing, with the apical area blackish brown.  This white band can be very variable, ranging from a distinct white band to almost none at all. The butterfly has a weak flight, but very often when disturbed from its perch, it flies erratically without stopping to rest for quite some time.   It feeds on several species of aphids and coccids attended by ants of the genus Dolichoderus.  We have observed it trying to lay eggs amongst some aphids which were tended by ants.  The ants do not seem to bother with the butterfly and will not attack it.

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