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Butterfly Caterpillar Name Common name Distribution Tirumala formosa (Godman, 1880) forest monarch: Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania Tirumala petiverana (Doubleday, [1847]) blue monarch: Zimbabwe. Tirumala gautama (Moore, 1877) scarce blue tiger: India and Southeast Asia Tirumala euploeomorpha (Howarth, Kawazoé & Sibatani, 1976) crow ...
In fact, many moth species are best known in their caterpillar stages because of the damage they cause to fruits and other agricultural produce, whereas the moths are obscure and do no direct harm. Conversely, various species of caterpillar are valued as sources of silk, as human or animal food, or for biological control of pest plants.
The caterpillar will reach a length of 5 cm (2 in). The common wood-nymph caterpillar is very similar to satyr caterpillars in the genera Hermeuptychia, Cyllopsis, and Neonympha. It can be separated by its larger size and habitat. [9] The pale green chrysalis is striped in white or pale yellow. The first instar caterpillar hibernates. [4]
Idea malabarica, the Malabar tree nymph, [2] is a large butterfly found in peninsular India. [ 2 ] that belongs to the danaid group of the family Nymphalidae . [ 3 ] It is found in forest clearings and above the forest canopy.
In both caterpillar and butterfly forms, monarchs are aposematic, warding off predators with a bright display of contrasting colors to warn potential predators of their undesirable taste and poisonous characteristics. One monarch researcher emphasizes that predation on eggs, larvae, or adults is natural since monarchs are part of the food chain ...
Tirumala limniace, the blue tiger, [1] [2] is a species of butterfly found in South Asia, and Southeast Asia [1] [2] that belongs to the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae. [3] More specifically it is part of the crows and tigers or danaid group. This butterfly shows gregarious migratory behaviour in southern India.
Caterpillar is similar to that of T. limniace (see Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society x, 1896, p. 240). It is said by MacKinnon and de Nicéville to feed on Vallaris dichotoma ( Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society xi, 1807, p. 212). [ 3 ]
Polyura (pyrrhus) sempronius, the tailed emperor, is a large butterfly by Australian standards, with a wingspan of some 75 mm for males and 85 mm for females. [1] The uncommon but widespread [2] butterfly occurs in a variety of habitat types [2] in northern and eastern Australia, where it occurs predominantly in the warm and subtropical coastal regions.