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Crisalida

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10.1284, -84.2381

Field Notes

Description:

Crisalida pequeña de aproximadamente 2.5 cm encontrada sobre una hoja.
Usualmente las crisalidas estan colgadas pero esta no estaba de esa forma.

Habitat:

Zonas abiertas de bosque

Species ID Suggestions

Banner, Bluewing, Eighty-eight, or Purplewing

Biblidinae

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EarlyStages
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Comments (2)
EarlyStages
Many genera in the subfamily Biblidinae have heliotropic pupae that "stand" on the uppersurface of leaves, possibly mimicking the raised head of a snake (disturbed chrysalises make a hissing/swishing sound) when viewed frontally. Costa Rican examples include: Callicore (spp.) – http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu/2700ARCHIVES/02/02-SRNP-3680-DHJ67413.jpg Diaethria (clymena) – http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu/2700ARCHIVES/08/08-SRNP-31884-DHJ445509.jpg Eunica (malvina) – http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu/2700ARCHIVES/03/03-SRNP-12413-DHJ76101.jpg Nica (flavilla) – http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu/2700ARCHIVES/03/03-SRNP-10022-DHJ74930.jpg Temenis (laothoe) – http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu/2700ARCHIVES/08/08-SRNP-32151-DHJ445807.jpg

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PublishedFebruary 5, 2012

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