Yamfly

Butterfly Biodata:
Genus: Loxura Horsfield, 1829
Species: atymnus Stoll, 1780
Subspecies: fuconius Fruhstorfer, 1912
Wingspan of Adult Butterfly: 35mm
Caterpillar Local Host Plants: Smilax bracteata (Smilacaceae)

Physical Description of Adult Butterfly:
The upperside of both sexes is reddish orange, with a neat black apical border on the forewing. The underside is yellowish buff with a somewhat obscure post-discal fascia. The female has its tornal area of the hindwing dark-dusted. The antennae are short and the palpi are unusually long and protruding, a feature easy to pick in close-up pictures. Both sexes have rather long white-tipped hindwing tails.