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Bali Impressions-Animals in and around your
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Baron -Euthalia
aconthea-Nymphalidae |
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| Native South East Asia Wingspan
5-6 cm |
Male: Upperside olivaceous brown.
Forewing: two transverse short black lines at base, a
black loop across middle, and another beyond apex of
cell, with their centres dark brown, followed by an
angulated discal dark brown band bordered outwardly by a
series of five white spots; two preapical white spots
beyond and a broad, somewhat diffuse, subterminal black
band broadening over the apex and angulated inwards in
interspace .Hind wing shaded with dark brown at base,
two crescent-shaped dark brown loop-like marks in cell;
a discal series of dark brown, elongate, outwardly
acute, inwardly diffuse, somewhat hastate spots,
followed by a subterminal series of small spots of the
same colour. Underside ochraceous brown. Fore wing: five
transverse slender black lines across cell; a black spot
below median vein; discal and preapical white spots as
on the upperside, succeeded by a postdiscal series of
somewhat diffuse crescent-shaped black marks,and a broad
terminal pale lilac band not reaching the apex, bordered
narrowly along the termen with dark brown. Hind wing
with four or five slender black loops at base, a
posteriorly obsolescent postdiscal series of diffuse
black marks and a subterminal series of black dots; the
termen near apex touched with pale lilac. Antennas,
head, thorax and abdomen dark brown, the antenna)
ochraceous at apex, the body paler beneath.
Female: similar but of a paler shade. Upperside :
forewing differs from that of the male in the absence of
the dark discal and subterminal bands, and in the series
of discal spots being elongate, much larger. Hind wing :
the discal series of outwardly pointed black -markings
nearly obsolescent. Underside similar to that of the
male, but the groundcolour more ochraceous, the markings
larger, more diffuse.
Expanse 68-79 mm.
The pupa is green and quadrangular and found especially
on mango where it is sometimes treated as a minor pest. |
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Caterpillar feed on: |
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Anacardium occidentale,
see:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shyzaboy/2333173404/ |
Mangifera indica |
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