Sunday, December 19, 2010

BLUE MORMON BUTTERFLY

Blue Mormon (Papilio polymnestor  Cramer, 1775)
"Krishna Salabham" (in Malayalam)
Kingdom:    Animalia
Phylum:       Arthropoda
Class:          Insecta
Order:          Lepidoptera
Family:        Papilionidae
Genus:        Papilio
Species:     P. polymnestor

Location : Silent Valley, Kerala

MY OBSERVATIONS
09-10-1996 – Collected the Caterpillar from  a citrus plant in front of the shed near Syrenthry
Pupated
                       When touched the lower light green  part  is moving to and fro
21-10-1996 – Emerging early in the morning

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