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Papilio xuthus
2nd stage of the swallow tail caterpillar
it's actually the same caterpillar i found before ( http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/111... ) it molted and turn into this :)
Some more links:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13...
Note the different colors of the band behind the head. Different stage or different species??
http://news.softpedia.com/newsImage/The-...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kohichiroh/...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Papili...
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:P...
What about Papilio xuthus?? I am absolutely not sure about this one! As you can see the changing in colors and body shape during the metamophosis is extraordinary.