Friday, March 18, 2011

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
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