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Angled Castor is a common butterfly found all over the island in all the year round, though becoming scarce above 1200m. It is abundant in degraded vegetations. Its larval host plant is Ricinus communis, a plant which is widely cultivated to extract Castor oil. Hence the vernacular English name for this butterfly. Larva also feed on Tragia spp. (T.plukenetii and T. involucrate)
Spotted on Jun 15, 2012
Submitted on Jun 15, 2012
4 Comments
thank you Gerardo!!
Very nice one!
thanks Mayra!
Beautiful!!