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Striped Tiger (Pupa Stage)

Danaus genutia

Habitat:

Ovalekar Wadi Butterfly Garden.

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5 Comments

pamsai
pamsai 11 years ago

thanks EarlyStages...

EarlyStages
EarlyStages 11 years ago

Yes, healthy Plain Tiger pupae are a beautiful green or pinkish.

pamsai
pamsai 11 years ago

Thanks EarlyStages. Unfortunate? Is it dead? Is that why it is that colour, as the photos show the Plain Tiger as green in colour.

EarlyStages
EarlyStages 11 years ago

Based upon the slimmer, rounder shape, I think an unfortunate Plain Tiger (D. chrysippus) is much more likely . . .
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/111-dan...
(vs. http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/111-dan...)

looks like a Monarch chrysalis

pamsai
Spotted by
pamsai

Maharashtra, India

Spotted on Nov 18, 2012
Submitted on Nov 27, 2012

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