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Swallowtail Pupa

Graphium sarpedon

Photo by ChunXingWong
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Field Notes

Description:

A green Common Bluebottle Butterfly caterpillar halfway through it's process of becoming a pupa.
Photos 1 & 2 - side view.
Photo 3 - back view.
As you can see there is a line stretching from one false eye to the another.

Habitat:

A plant in Rose Cabin inn, Kundasang, Sabah.

Notes:

Thank you EarlyStages for suggesting Graphium sarpedon.
>>>Map accuracy : 20m diameter.

Species ID Suggestions

Common Bluebottle

Graphium sarpedon

Reference Link
EarlyStages
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Comments (4)
ChunXingWong
Sorry I don't know much about plants and I don't have any photographs of the whole plant but if I do ever visit the inn again, I will surely look for that plant and try to identify it.
MartinL
Excellent spotting Chun. This looks like a cartoon character.

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