Dear Madhuri,The caterpillar picture nelson forwarded to ButterflyIndia isa Blue Nawab cat.A rare sighting and finding.Please check the Nawab's cat picture Yuvaraj posted in the Butterfly India Website.You can easily find the difference of the cats of Blue Nawab and Common Nawab.I had an opportunity to watch the Life cycle of Blue Nawab last year with my friends of Warblers and Waders.The Cat picture nelson forwarded is a final instar larva..just before pupation.The larva of Blue Nawab is velvety green and have a yellow crescent shaped(saddle shaped) marking on the third abdominal segment.The head had two pairs of reddish brown horns.The common Nawab larva haven't the crescent shape markings.The colour of the horn is not purplish/reddish brown.Please check once again the cats of Blue Nawab and Common Nawab.You can easily identify it from this photos.with warm regardsSusanth C.Susanth Prakriti,SNRA-20 Indira Nagar,Peroorkada,P.O Thiruvananthapuram-695005 Kerala,India Phone : 0471-2437244 Mobile : 09447699236 SAVE GREENERY! CONSERVE WETLANDS!
--- On Thu, 14/7/11, Madhuri Pejaver <[email protected]> wrote: From: Madhuri Pejaver <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] Caterpillar of Blue Nawab? To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, [email protected] Date: Thursday, 14 July, 2011, 11:57 PM Not an expert but it is common Nabab Link for ref http://ifoundbutterflies.org/species-pages/history-of-lifecycle-pages-on-butterflies-of-india-website See no 7. Madhuri --- On Thu, 14/7/11, Nelson Rodrigues <[email protected]> wrote: From: Nelson Rodrigues <[email protected]> Subject: [ButterflyIndia] Caterpillar of Blue Nawab? To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, 14 July, 2011, 10:50 PM - My friend Adesh Shivkar (who is an expert birder, got this caterpillar picturein goa, but he did not know it was a prize find)Can t the butterfly gurus of our group kindly confirm this. This cat was feeding on Cinnamon leaves .... Location: Castle RockDate: 8th July, 2011 -- I Believe In God, Only spell It Nature ******************************************* One should not have a job, career or profession- only a hobby, passion and a cause -- Enjoy
