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Rustic

Cupha erymanthis

Description:

The caterpillar is brown, with a dorsal and a lateral series of darker brown markings; head with two slender branched spines, succeeding segments with on each side a lateral series of semitransparent similar brown spines. The pupa is green, studded with eight slender pink filaments and four small pink tubercles.

Habitat:

The Rustic is a species of brush-footed butterfly found in forested areas of tropical South Asia and Southeast Asia.

Notes:

They seem to favor carcasses lying in exposed, sunny areas over those which are in the shade.

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Rustic
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3 Comments

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

Thank u oneng!

OnengDyah
OnengDyah 11 years ago

pretty...

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

Thank you Nuwan...

Adarsha B S
Spotted by
Adarsha B S

Karnataka, India

Spotted on Oct 13, 2012
Submitted on Oct 18, 2012

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