Dark-branded bushbrown
The dark-branded bushbrown is a brown butterfly from Asia. On each front wing it has a round eyespot: a black dot with a white middle and an orange ring. It looks a little different in the rainy season than in the dry season.
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Fun facts
In the rainy season its wings are dark brown and the eyespots underneath are big and clear.
In the dry season it is paler, and the eyespots underneath shrink to tiny white specks.
Underneath, a pale band runs across both wings, followed by a row of eyespots.
Most asked questions about Dark-branded bushbrown
?Is the dark-branded bushbrown dangerous?
No. It is a gentle brown butterfly that cannot bite or sting.
?Why does it look different at different times of year?
It has a rainy season look with big eyespots and a paler dry season look where the spots almost disappear.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Mycalesis mineus
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Nymphalidae
- Lives on
- Asia
- Also known as
- Dark-brand bush brown
Where the facts come from
- Mycalesis mineus (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Jeevan Jose, Kerala, India. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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