Rohit, that¹s a male with its abdominal brushes that disperse scent scales during courtship sticking out. Google ³Euploea androconia² or something similar and you will get more information about this.
With best regards, Krushnamegh. ------------------------------------------------- Krushnamegh Kunte, PhD Ramanujan Fellow and Reader National Center for Biological Sciences (NCBS) Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) GKVK, Bellary Road, Bengaluru 560065, India. Ph: +91 80 2366-6001/02/18/19, ext 6410 Ph (London): +44 7831-204-169 Mobile: + 91 9483-525-925 Email: [email protected], [email protected] Website: http://biodiversitylab.org/ Indian Foundation for Butterflies: http://ifoundbutterflies.org/ Emails: [email protected], [email protected] From: rohit girotra <[email protected]> Reply-To: butterflyindia <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 01:44:34 +0800 (SGT) To: butterflyindia <[email protected]> Subject: [ButterflyIndia] Need some information regarding Common Crow - Euploea core core Hi All, On a recent visit to Lalbagh Gardens in Bangalore, I observed this Common Crow. What caught my attention however was the yellow tuff towards the end of its abdomen. Can someone explain what that is? Thanks, Rohit -- Enjoy
