Observaciones de butterfly4

Diurnal in coastal grasslands on sunny day

On yarrow flowers near Birdlings Flat

Diurnal male flying on still sunny warm day over short Tussock grasslands above Lake Lyndon

Flying at 800m - above Lake Lyndon on sunny day late in season!

One male diurnal in short Tussock grasslands near Lake Heron: female is short winged and flightless

Disturbed from roadside Pohuehue on sunny day

Abundant over Mat Pohuehue on margin of Lake Lyndon at 800m in sunshine

Dead on building in Hawarden township

Service Station window in Franz on wet but mild day

Twenty year old pinned specimen on Service Station wall in Fox Glacier! Collected closeby

At light in town on damp mild calm evening

On shop wall by day and vibrating wings when found! Flew off after posing for photo!

On towns wall

On wall in FranzJosef

Two males on building walls on damp day after rainy night! Wonderful Franz Josef

Active by day on river terrace in Raoulia cushonfield

Many on Otira Hotel wall

Otira Hotel lights

Otira Hotel lights

Abundant over a cushion form of Mat Pohuehue on gravel shore of Lake Lyndon 840m on sunny warm day

Type Locality is Jacks Pass above Hanmer: abundant males here in Red Tussock Wetland just west if Porters Pass at 850m flying in sunshine; female short winged and flightless

Many at 420m on roadside yarrow flowers on slopes of Mt Herbert

Several on yarrow flowers at Hurunui Mouth