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Euploea chrysalis

Euploea

Description:

possibly Euploea midamus' (Blue-spotted Crow) golden pupa.

Notes:

first time seeing a golden pupa, it's as gold or even more golden than in the photo.


No species ID suggestions

20 Comments

BenjiSun
BenjiSun 10 months ago

thanks you guys! hope i can keep finding new things to share from Hong Kong.

tibiprada
tibiprada 10 months ago

knew it ...Congrats !

williefromwi
williefromwi 10 months ago

Beautiful, Congrats on your SOTD award.

CarolSnowMilne
CarolSnowMilne 10 months ago

Fascinating!

Sumukha Javagal
Sumukha Javagal 10 months ago

Wow..! Congrats Benji...:-)

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 months ago

Congrats Benji Sun

SachindraUmesh
SachindraUmesh 10 months ago

super wow!! and congrats!!

AdamBT
AdamBT 10 months ago

Lovely colours, congrats!

Atul
Atul 10 months ago

wow congrats !

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 10 months ago

Beautiful shot great find !
Congratulations BenjiSun :)

BenjiSun
BenjiSun 10 months ago

thank you everyone for your encouragements!

Ryan21
Ryan21 10 months ago

congratulations

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 10 months ago

A real jewel. Congratulations.

aldrin
aldrin 10 months ago

congratulations!

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 10 months ago

this is Awesome!!! Congratulations Benji !!

BenjiSun
BenjiSun 10 months ago

woohoo! thanks Yasser~ what an honour!

Yasser
Yasser 10 months ago

Congratulations Benji! This golden gem has earned you Spotting of the Day!

"We think this chrysalis might belong to a butterfly from the genus Euploea. Also known as milkweed butterflies, they are poisonous due to feeding on milkweeds and other toxic plants as caterpillars."

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DavidMroczkowski
DavidMroczkowski 10 months ago

Thank you for sharing. Wonderful!

tibiprada
tibiprada 10 months ago

Gorgeous.. good job !

KarenL
KarenL 10 months ago

Wonderful!

Paracel Islands

Lat: 22.50, Long: 114.18

Spotted on Jun 30, 2012
Submitted on Jul 16, 2012

Reference

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