Bimalda, what a delightful event and you certainly are a very patient observant dedicated citizen scientist.
regards uUsha di =========== On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 8:40 PM Dr.Balmukund Chaurasia <drbmc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Very interesting great details .....Thanks Bimal sir > > On 4/17/19, Bimal Sar kar <bimal....@gmail.com> wrote: > > I was observing some empty pupal case and some dried up pupa on a small > > Citrus maxima tree for last two years. the tree was on the road side. to > me > > the pupal case and the dried pupa seemed to be of Common Mormon. I have > > recorded life cycle of Common Mormon earlier and knew that the host for > > that butterfly is Citrus species and Murraya koenigii ( CURRY LEAF TREE > ). > > This Citrus maxima ( Pummelo/Chakotra/ Batabi ) was on the way to my > daily > > movement. On 30-3-2019 , on closer observation of the leaves I found a > > green grown up larva on one of the leaves. I thought it to be a larva of > > Common Mormon. On 4-4-2019 I found the larva turned to a pupa. The shape > of > > the pupa was like that of a common Mormon. On 5-4-2019 I brought that > pupa > > to our house and hang it on the wall, so that I can observe the > development > > regularly. On the tree I found number of Pupa which were dry and had > holes > > on them. May be ants damaged those. > > It is only in the morning of 16-4-2019 , I realizes that the butterfly > > which will be released will be a Lime Butterfly ( not a Common Mormon ). > > The release of the butterfly took place in front of me. What an > experience > > ! This is the first time I recorded birth of a Lime Butterfly. > > Attaching few images of the event. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "efloraofindia" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > To post to this group, send an email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. > > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send an email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
