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Common Sailor caterpillar

Neptis hylas

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Field Notes

Description:

It has a very large head with two sharp short spines on the third segment, a pair of short spines above the last segment, and smaller spines on the remaining segments.

found feeding on a Urena sinuata (Malvaceae) plant

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Biodiversity of Sri Lanka
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Caterpillars and larvae of the World

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PublishedJune 24, 2013

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