TAMIL YEOMEN BUTTERFLY (Cirrochroa thais)

Location : Palode, Thiruvananthapuram

MY OBSERVATIONS

19 -1-2011 – Collected 3 pupae from Hydnocarpus Plant

Host plant : Hydnocarpus sp. (Marotti or Neerutti in Malayalam)

22-1-2011 – Colour of the pupa changed

24 -1-2011 – All the three emerged in the morning around 7 AM

Pupa case after emerging

It is Tamil Yeomen Butterfly (Cirrochroa thais)

Marotti Salabham in Malayalam

Kingdom :     Animalia

Phylum    :     Arthropoda

Class      :     Insecta

Order      :     Lepidoptera

Family     :     Nymphalidae

Genus     :     Cirrochroa

Species  :     C. thais

Plant Identification : Courtesy : E S Santhoshkumar

LITTLE YELLOW BUTTERFLY -1 (Eurema hecabe brenda)

MY OBSERVATIONS

09-03-2011 – Caterpillar from the root of a wild orchid

Greenish blue in colour

10-03-2011 – Become pupa

Pupa is also green in colour

14-03-2011 – The colour of the pupa changed from green to yellow

15-03-2011 – Emerged out in the morning at 8.30

                        An yellow colour liquid oozes out

HOST PLANT: Wild Orchid
IT TAKES 4 DAYS TO BECOME ADULT

EMIGRANT BUTTERFLY

There are two species of Emigrant Butterflies. They are Common Emigrant or Lemon Emigrant  (Catopsila ponona) and Mottled Emigrant (Catopsila pyranthe).

Kingdom:      Animalia

Phylum:          Arthropoda

Class:            Insecta

Order:            Lepidoptera

Family:           Pieridae

Genus:           Catopsilia

Species:        C. pomona and C. pyranthe

MY OBSERVATIONS

Location : Palode, Thiruvananthapuram

15-12-2010 – Collected a caterpillar with black lines in the side of the body

17-12-2010 -  Transformed to pupa

25 12-2010 – Emerged. It is a common emigrant butterfly. It takes 7days to become adult

                                                      It takes 8 days to become adult

30-12-2010 – Collected a caterpillar with white lines in the body

03-01-2011 – Transformed to pupa

09-01-2011 -  Emerged in the morning. It was mottled emigrant female butterfly

                        It takes 6 days to become Adult

HOST PLANT: Cassia fistula (‘Kanikkonna’ in Malayalam)

There are some eggs of this butterfly still in the plant 

The Egg

OWL MOTH (Erebus macrops)

Owl Moth (Erebus macrops)

Location : Palode, Thiruvananthapuram

09-03-2011 – Seen in resting position in a wall of a building

Very sensitive

Kingdom:         Animalia

Phylum:            Arthropoda

Subphylum:      Hexapoda

Class:               Insecta

Order:               Lepidoptera

Superfamily:    Noctuoidea

Family:             Noctuidae

Subfamily:        Catocalinae

Tribe:                Erebini

Genus:              Erebus

Bug-2

Location : Palode, Thiruvananthapuram

Host Plant : Asparagus racemosus  (Satavari  in Malayalam)

20-12-2010 – In a dried Asparagus plant the bug is seen laying eggs. After laying the eggs it is covered with a powder-like material. The material is coming from the ventral part of the bug.

03-01-2011 -  Emerged out. It is wasp

Only some eggs are hatched. There is some more to emerge. So the eggs are kept again. May be some eggs are parasite by wasp.

17-01-2011 – Balance eggs emerged out.

Small bugs. Above 50 in number.

                           1.5 mm in length