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palmfly pupa

Elymnias sp.

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Description:

Pupa of a palmfly species (Elymnias sp.), see suggestion.

Habitat:

Observed on a (coconut?) palm leaf in a large semi-urban yard and garden, next to a disturbed patch of remnant lowland forest.

Notes:

A website that illustrates the "Life History of the Common Palmfly" is found here http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2010...

1 Species ID Suggestions

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EarlyStages
EarlyStages 11 years ago
soon-to-eclose Palmfly
Elymnias spp. Elymnias


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2 Comments

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Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 11 years ago

Thanks very much, EarlyStages for your ID suggestion.

EarlyStages
EarlyStages 11 years ago

Possibly this species . . .
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/784...

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Scott Frazier
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Scott Frazier

Indonesia

Spotted on Nov 12, 2012
Submitted on Jan 26, 2013

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