Thursday, November 18, 2010

CRIMSON ROSE BUTTERFLY - Atrophaneura (Pachliopta) hector


CRIMSON ROSE BUTTERFLY
Atrophaneura (Pachliopta) hector (Linnaeus, 1758)
"Chakkara Rose" (in Malayalam)
Kingdom:      Animalia
Phylum:         Arthropoda
Class:            Insecta
Order:            Lepidoptera
Family:          Papilionidae
Subfamily:     Papilioninae
Genus:          Atrophaneura
Subgenus:    (Pachliopta)
Species:       A. (P.) hector
It is a large swallowtail butterfly,common in Western Ghats. Male upper side black. Fore wing with a broad white interrupted band. Hind wing with a diseal posteriory strongly curved with series of crimson spots.
HOST PLANT - Murraya koenigii (L.) Sprengel

curry tree [Malayalam: കറിവേപ്പില]

Order:          Sapindales
Family:         Rutaceae
Genus:         Murraya
Species:      M. koenigii


MY OBSERVATIONS

23-9-1989 – Caterpillar observed in murraya plant having 5cm in length shriked
24-9-1989 – The shrinked caterpillar transformed into pupa
05-101989 – Emerged out as a butterfly

EMERGING OUT IN THE MORNING BETWEEN 7.30 AND 8.00 ON THE 11TH DAY FROM THE NEXT DAY OF PUPATION
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