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common baron butterfly caterpillar

Euthalia aconthea

Photo by rivu.ghorai
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Field Notes

Description:

approx 3" long.. green body with white feather like appendages..

Habitat:

lives exclusively on mango trees..

Notes:

this caterpillar is nocturnal. in daytime it aligns itself so perfectly with the veins of leaf that it is almost impossible to find from distance..

Species ID Suggestions

Common Baron

Euthalia aconthea

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Reza Hashemizadeh
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