Sir / Madam, On a second thought it appears to me that the caterpillar may not be a Psyche cat. but a Striped Albatross cat. - http://caterpillarclubonline.com/cc-community/butterfly-conservation/activate-cleome.html
Thank you & Regards, Surajit Koley On Sunday, 20 May 2012 21:52:03 UTC+5:30, surajit koley wrote: > > Sir / Madam, > > Found this caterpillar on a *Cleome* sp., i think, is *Cleome rutidosperma > *. But the flowers are more violet here than my earlier post on the same > species where the flowers were > blue<https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/indiantreepix/l8nHWpSUgsg>! > > Maybe seasonal variation! > > Now, as my mentors in this group have taught me to use the name of the > taxonomist behind every nomenclature, i find the name DC. ....well. let me > read more about DC. ...Ah! here it is - > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustin_Pyramus_de_Candolle. > > But, who is the caterpillar? More net search tells me that it is a > caterpillar <http://ifoundbutterflies.org/72-leptosia/leptosia-nina> of > Psyche > butterfly <http://eol.org/pages/20234/entries/33936745/overview> and * > Cleome* is their LF > plant<http://caterpillarclubonline.com/cc-community/butterfly-conservation/activate-cleome.html> > . > > Thanks God, er, EFI, now everything is in order! > (i am not a believer of so-called God) > > Species : *Cleome rutidosperma* DC. > Habit & Habitat : wild herb, 1 foot height, roadside > Date : 20-05-12, 8.45 a.m. > Place : Nalikul, Hooghly > > Thank you & Regards, > > Surajit Koley >
