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Crisalida pequeña de aproximadamente 2.5 cm encontrada sobre una hoja. Usualmente las crisalidas estan colgadas pero esta no estaba de esa forma.
Zonas abiertas de bosque
Many genera in the subfamily Biblidinae have heliotropic pupae that "stand" on the uppersurface of leaves, possibly mimicking the raised head of a snake (disturbed chrysalises make a hissing/swishing sound) when viewed frontally. Costa Rican examples include:
Callicore (spp.) – http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu/2700ARCHIVES...
Diaethria (clymena) – http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu/2700ARCHIVES...
Eunica (malvina) – http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu/2700ARCHIVES...
Nica (flavilla) – http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu/2700ARCHIVES...
Temenis (laothoe) – http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu/2700ARCHIVES...