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Epityches eupompe
Here you can see the catterpilar: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/101... and here the adult butterfly: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/761...
A very elegant and aerodynamic cocoon.
Thank you a lot, EarlyStages. I want to get back to where I spotted this, but it's been raining for almost a week now. One interesting thing about this chrysalis is that i saw the butterfly in the same place, but I sill didn't see the caterpillar there. The one I posted before was spotted around 30 Km away.
This chrysalis is probably parasitized or perhaps freshly formed. Compare Trop. Lepid. 5(1), 1994: "Juvenile stages of Ithomiinae: overview and systematics (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)", Fig. 5-I. Assuming correct pupal ID, here's the caterpillar . . .
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/101...
Mayra, obrigado por todos os seus comentários às minhas fotos, fiquei muito lisongeado. Valeu.
Spotted on May 22, 2012
Submitted on May 22, 2012
