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Tortoise Beetle

Laccoptera nepalensis

Description:

Typical shape...transparent border and brownish middle.

Habitat:

Neora Valley Jungle Camp. Remote hilly forested area. Himalayan foothills. It was among the weedy vegetation behind the kitchen going about its own business when I disturbed it...just one shot.

1 Species ID Suggestions

thaptor
thaptor 7 years ago
Tortoise beetle
Laccoptera nepalensis Laccopteranepalensishabitus


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2 Comments

SukanyaDatta
SukanyaDatta 7 years ago

Ha ha haa! Thank you, thaptor for feeding my greed. Really I am so happy....so many of my unknown spottings now have a name..an identity. All thanks to you.Not just an expert...very kind too :)

thaptor
thaptor 7 years ago

Another one to feed the greed :-)

SukanyaDatta
Spotted by
SukanyaDatta

West Bengal, India

Spotted on Jun 6, 2016
Submitted on Jun 27, 2016

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