Red-studded skipper

Wing span:

Identification: The wings are brown with brown fringe. The wings have purplish-grey bands on the upperside, reddish-orange bands on the underside of the hindwings and apex of the forewings. The forewings have two white subapical spots. The body is brown and there is an orange patch on the underside of the abdomen. 

Variation:

Behaviour:

Habitat:

Larval food plantLantana camaraOchroma pyramidale (Warren et al., 2013)

Adult food:

Reported from: Acarai Mts. (Region 9)