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Cupha erymanthis
My 300th Spotting!!
Nuwan and Bayucca thanks for the id!!
@ Bayucca Thanks for all your HARDWORK.checked the links you provided.they were very informative . Thanks again
Hahaaa..! it should be called Decorated potato (although Christmas also suits it). Just joking! is an excellent spotting! :-)
In this case we probably should call this Christmas Potato (Pomfrittas noelensis)... ;-)...
@Nuwan: Do you have an explanation for the different ground color? Usually it is green, not "apricot".
Nymphalidae, Heliconiinae, for sure, Vagrantini almost for sure. I think it might be the Rustic, Cupha erymanthis, there are several subspecies found in whole India, I am not sure which one is found in your area. I have checked hundreds of pupa pictures and did not find any other similar one. Some markings and the ground color are not 100% matching, but almost ;-)...
Please, verify and we have probably need earlystages/Keith vor confirmation or correction...
Just a few link to compare:
http://ccs-hk.org/DM/butterfly/Nymphal/C...
http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/100...
http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupha_eryma...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/balakrishna...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/haneesh/532...
http://paro6.dnp.go.th/paro6_royal_proje...
http://www.bubuleps.com/Cuphaprosope.php...
Click on the Cupha erymanthis and click for early stages (no separate window possible).
What you guys think of Rustic??
It looks like a really poisonous sprouting potato! Congratulation on reaching 300! The potato was a good choice!
Haha, great comment Chief! I could not agree more :D And a great spotting Subin Sudhakaran, I am happy to have seen this :D Great choice for 300!
Amazing! Amazing! Looks like something fallen from our old valve radio.
Spotted on Jul 30, 2013
Submitted on Jul 30, 2013
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