Asian Geographic 3 - 2016 SG

Mycalesis at the forest edge. One
morning, a high alpine butterfly even
chose to sunbathe on our tent. It was
a Dodona robinsoni, an extremely
rare and remnant species restricted to
these mountains here in Sumatra.
For the coming days we passed
damp weather, wet shoes and
obstacle courses made up of thick

taxonom Y oF

bUtteRFlies

Kingdom

Animalia

(animal)

Phylum

Anthropoda

(invertebrate)

Class

Insecta

(insects)

Order

Lepidoptera

(moths and butterflies)

Family

Hepialidae

(swift or ghost moths)

Genus

Endoclita

A genus of moths with 60

described species found in

eastern and southeast Asia

and the Indian subcontinent

The Endoclita fahringeri was

discovered during Alfred

Fahringer's trek to Gunung

Leuser in August 2014