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Ypthima baldus

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Description:

Check out this aberration on the wing of this butterfly.. Experts please give your comments..

What may be the reason for this aberration???

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Comments (10)
HemaShah
So what happened to the antenna.
MartinL
Yours does look like a deformity caused by a problem with emergence. I guess it was stuck too long in the pupal case. An aberration is a variation but usually referring to genetic causes. Here is my example http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/10309710
Jatishwor Singh Irungbam
During emerging, the wing might be not properly dried or fall from the perching place with wet wings may be the reason for deformity...
Juan DiTrani
it probably had a problem when emerging from the cocoon
HemaShah
It probably happened while escaping from a predator,considering the fact that an antenna is also missing..
Jatishwor Singh Irungbam
Jolly I collected this specimen because of this condition only (collected on 30/iii/2013), so there is no chance of poor storage. Yes, KarenL, antenna was missing when I collect the specimen.
bayucca
Looks for me like a simple malformation. Let's remember that this happens all the time in animals and plants. Wings are not essentially for "just living" (like the moving caterpillar after being parasitized by wasps), so this might just have a "normal" butterfly life. If more important organs are involved we probably would not see such an animal because it dies at an earlier stage.
Jolly Ibañez
The aberration could also be caused by poor storage of the preserved specimen.
KarenL
Very interesting. It looks like the scales have all been rubbed off. Is is also missing an antenna?

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PublishedMarch 30, 2013

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