can it be some zebra or mime? Arjan On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Peter Smetacek <[email protected] > wrote:
> > > Krushnamegh, I have bred heaps of machaon here: this is certainly not > machaon. I cannot suggest what it could be, but it might help narrow things > down a bit if the LFP were known. > > On Thu, 03 Mar 2011 03:16:21 +0530 wrote > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Peter, Lachung is pretty high elevation. What other swallowtails occur > there that would have this type of caterpillars? Please let me know, I do > not have much experience with early stages of high-elevation butterflies. > > > > > > Krushnamegh. > > > > > > From: Peter Smetacek > > > Reply-To: butterflyindia > > > Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 11:16:31 -0500 > > > To: butterflyindia > > > Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] 2 butterfly and 1moth cats and a butterfly > for id from Sikkim > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The first larva is a swallowtail but crtainly not machaon. > > > the next 2 larvae are hawkmoths, the green one with mauve stripes is > probably Acherontia lachesis (death's head hawkmoth) > > > The butterfly is Hypolimnas bolina. > > > > > > On Wed, 02 Mar 2011 20:47:13 +0530 wrote > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear All, please see attached and help id:Swallowtail Cat?: Krushnamegh's: > is your caterpillar from Lachung of Yellow Swallowtail? 1. Labin Rai's > caterpillar: which butterfly?2. Labin Rai's caterpillar: which moth? > > > > > > 3. Labin Rai's: which butterfly? > > > Thanks in advance,Usha > > > -- > > > Usha Ganguli-Lachungpa > > > Sr. Research Officer (WL) > > > Dept. of Forest, Env. WL Mgmt. > > > Government of Sikkim > > > > > > > > > Deorali, Gangtok 737102 > > > Tel/Fax:91-3592-280402; > > > Cell:094340-25273 > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <http://sigads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/click_nx.ads/www.rediffmail.com/signatureline.htm@Middle?> > > > -- Arjan Basu Roy 6/7 Bijoygarh, Kolkata - 700 032 West Bengal, India Be natures' mate! -- Enjoy
