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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: This species is widely distributed across a large EOO in South East Asia, from Sri Lanka and India through Thailand, Burma, Viet Nam and peninsular Malaysia to Sumatra, Java, Bali (Indonesia) and Borneo (Pinratana 1981, Seki et al. 1991, Corbet and Pendlebury 1992).
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Brunei Darussalam; India; Indonesia (Bali, Jawa, Kalimantan, Sumatera); Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah, Sarawak); Myanmar (Myanmar (mainland)); Singapore; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Viet Nam
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Population [top]
Population: This is generally a common butterfly species (W.J. Tennent and C.J. Muller pers. comm. 2008). However, in some areas it is locally less common (Shamsudeen and Mathew 2010).
Current Population Trend: Unknown
Additional data:
?Population severely fragmented: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: This butterfly inhabits primary and secondary lowland rainforest, as well as areas of advanced regrowth and rural gardens. Both sexes have a conspicuous “bobbing” flight and are most commonly encountered along forest edges or along creeks. Males establish territories 1-3 m above the ground and engage in extended territorial flights with other males (W.J. Tennent and C.J. Muller pers. comm. 2008). Mature larvae are myrmecoxenes and are often found on the legume tree Saraca thaipingensis (Fielder et al. 1996).
Systems: Terrestrial
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): This species is not under any major threat.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: No species-specific conservation measures are in place or required for this species.
Citation: Muller, C.J. & Tennent, W.J. 2011. Cheritra freja. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T160920A5382885. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T160920A5382885.en. Downloaded on 23 March 2016.
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