Peter, thanks.
________________________________ From: Peter Smetacek <[email protected]> Reply-To: butterflyindia <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 02:46:17 -0500 To: butterflyindia <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Re: [ButterflyIndia] 2 butterfly and 1moth cats and a butterfly for id from Sikkim Krushnamegh, I have bred heaps of machaon here: this is certainly not machaon. I cannot suggest what it could be, but it might help narrow things down a bit if the LFP were known. On Thu, 03 Mar 2011 03:16:21 +0530 wrote > 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 > Reply-To: butterflyindia > Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 11:16:31 -0500 > To: butterflyindia > 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
