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Caterpillar of Swallowtail Butterfly - Common Mime

Papilio Chilasa clytia

Description:

Size of Caterpillar around 4 cm. Pics#2 & 3 are close-up of head and tail. Mostly black in colour with white and yellow patches and interesting pink spots.

Habitat:

Tropical forest

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4 Comments

maplemoth662
maplemoth662 6 years ago

Your welcome, AlbertKang....

AlbertKang
AlbertKang 6 years ago

Thanks, @maplemoth662 :)

maplemoth662
maplemoth662 6 years ago

A beautiful caterpillar....

Jellis
Jellis 7 years ago

Looks like first instar stage of a Papilio species. Not sure which

AlbertKang
Spotted by
AlbertKang

Batangas, Philippines

Spotted on Apr 1, 2016
Submitted on Apr 1, 2016

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