Mycalesis anapita, the tawny bush-brown, is a species of Satyrinae butterfly described by Frederic Moore in 1858. It is found in southern Burma, southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.[1]
Underside orange brown. The edges of the forewing and hindwing display rusty-brown lines with about 11 eyespots along the wing margins.[1] The upperside from the apex to the tornus displays deep orange brown with black forewing border.[1]
Mycalesis anapita is known as an open grassland species that prefers well-lit areas dominated with Poaceae species.[2] It is commonly found low to the ground, in disturbed habitats such as Acacia manfium and palm oil plantations.[3][4]
The larval host plant for Mycalesis anapita caterpillars are from the family Gramineae.[5] This species is also commonly found along service roads neighbouring primary rainforest, due to the abundance of larval host plants invading, which is also known as a disturbance corridor.[6]
Mycalesis anapita, the tawny bush-brown, is a species of Satyrinae butterfly described by Frederic Moore in 1858. It is found in southern Burma, southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.