14-8-2017 AMSTERDAM ZOO, NETHERLANDS - DOT DASH SERGEANT BUTTERFLY (Athyma kanwa)

30-11-2015 ANGKOR WAT, CAMBODIA - DOT DASH SERGEANT BUTTERFLY (Athyma kanwa)

Athyma kanwa, the dot-dash sergeant, is a species of brush-footed butterfly found in tropical and subtropical Asia and Cambodia.

The Dot-Dash Sergeant is dark brown to black with an interrupted, white, macular and curved fascia running from mid-costa on the forewing to near the base of the dorsum on the hindwing. On the forewing, the white post-discal spot in space 2 is roughly oval and well separated from the spot in space 1b. Usually there is no post-discal spot in space 3. The forewing cell-streak is entire and separated from the triangular spot beyond. There are submarginal lines of white markings irrorated with dark scales on both wings, that on the hindwing taking the form of a broad band running from the apex to dorsum. The underside is greyish brown with markings as on the upperside.