Sahil, it's the *pupa* of this species that has the famed 'ape face'. In any case, pictures of both the cats and the pupae are available on the website, so people should be able to see those.
With best regards, Krushnamegh. ------------------------------------------------- Krushnamegh Kunte, PhD Ramanujan Fellow and Reader National Center for Biological Sciences (NCBS) Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) UAS-GKVK Campus, Bellary Road, Bengaluru 560065, Karnataka, India. Ph: + 91 9403-975-925 Email: [email protected] Website: http://biodiversitylab.org/ Indian Foundation for Butterflies: http://ifoundbutterflies.org/ Email: [email protected] On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 10:13 PM, Sahil Latheef <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > > > Hi everyone, > > After years of wanting to photograph this fellow I finally got a decent > snap of the *APEFLY* (*Spalgis epeus*) this morning at home in Kozhikode, > Kerala. > > This beautiful blue butterfly gets its name from the supposed resemblance > of its caterpillar to the face of an ape. Check some photos of its > caterpillar at this link : > http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/204-spalgis/spalgis-epeus-dp1 > > Best regards, > Sahil > __________________________ > Sahil Abdul Latheef > +91 (0) 99308 76770 > [email protected] > Twitter @sahillatheef > http://travellingsahil.blogspot.com/ > > > -- Enjoy
