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Tawny Coster Chrysalis

Acraea violae

Description:

3 cm Chrysalis

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3 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago

kepompong makes live easy, I think I have to move to Indonesia ;-)

Tabris Tabarsi
Tabris Tabarsi 9 years ago

Thank you bayucca. I don't know that, in Indonesian all pupa/pupae, cocoon and chrysalis called "kepompong"

bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago

Nymphalidae, Acraea violae.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/somnathpal...
Here the whole story:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/somnathpal...

Just for your understanding: Butterfly and Moth metamorphosal stages are often called pupa or pupae. The butterfly pupa is called chrysalis and the moth pupa is called a cocoon. So yours is actually a chrysalis.

Tabris Tabarsi
Spotted by
Tabris Tabarsi

Sumatera Barat, Indonesia

Spotted on May 7, 2014
Submitted on May 7, 2014

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