Peter, Lachung is pretty high elevation. What other swallowtails occur there that would have this type of caterpillars? Please let me know, I do not have much experience with early stages of high-elevation butterflies.
Krushnamegh. ________________________________ From: Peter Smetacek <[email protected]> Reply-To: butterflyindia <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 11:16:31 -0500 To: butterflyindia <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] 2 butterfly and 1moth cats and a butterfly for id from Sikkim The first larva is a swallowtail but crtainly not machaon. the next 2 larvae are hawkmoths, the green one with mauve stripes is probably Acherontia lachesis (death's head hawkmoth) The butterfly is Hypolimnas bolina. On Wed, 02 Mar 2011 20:47:13 +0530 wrote > Dear All, please see attached and help id:Swallowtail Cat?: Krushnamegh's: is your caterpillar from Lachung of Yellow Swallowtail? 1. Labin Rai's caterpillar: which butterfly?2. Labin Rai's caterpillar: which moth? 3. Labin Rai's: which butterfly? Thanks in advance,Usha -- Usha Ganguli-Lachungpa Sr. Research Officer (WL) Dept. of Forest, Env. WL Mgmt. Government of Sikkim Deorali, Gangtok 737102 Tel/Fax:91-3592-280402; Cell:094340-25273 [email protected] <http://sigads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/click_nx.ads/www.rediffmail.com/signatureline.htm@Middle?> -- Enjoy
