Saturday, May 21, 2011

COMMON INDIAN CROW BUTTERFLY- Euploea core-2


Location : Malayinkil. Thiruvananthapuram

MY OBSERVATIONS

13-02-2011 – Collected a caterpillar from White Nerium plant

HOST PLANT : Nerium oleander

Kingdom:      Plantae
Order:            Gentianales
Family:          Apocynaceae
Subfamily:     Apocynoideae
Tribe:             Wrightieae
Genus:           Nerium
Species:       N. oleander

17-02-2011 – Caterpillar become large, nearly double in size within 4 days



18-02-2011 – 8 PM Changing to pupa
19-02-2011 – 3 AM Become pupa. Completely light yellow in colour

20-02-2011 – Yellow colour of the pupa changed to glittering silver

28-02-2011 – Emerged in the morning


IT IS     COMMON INDIAN CROW BUTTERFLY
            Euploea core vermiculata
      "Arali Salabham" (in Malayalam)
Kingdom:     Animalia
Phylum:        Arthropoda
Class:           Insecta
Order:           Lepidoptera
Family:         Nymphalidae
Genus:         Euploea
Species:      E. core
Pupa case after emerging
IT TAKES NINE DAYS TO BECOME ADULT FROM PUPA
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