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Rustic
Cupha erymanthis
13.9834, 75.2536
Field Notes
Description:
The caterpillar is brown, with a dorsal and a lateral series of darker brown markings; head with two slender branched spines, succeeding segments with on each side a lateral series of semitransparent similar brown spines. The pupa is green, studded with eight slender pink filaments and four small pink tubercles.
Habitat:
The Rustic is a species of brush-footed butterfly found in forested areas of tropical South Asia and Southeast Asia.
Notes:
They seem to favor carcasses lying in exposed, sunny areas over those which are in the shade.
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Cupha erymanthis
Species ID Suggestions
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Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedOctober 18, 2012
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