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I found a caterpillar on a plant. Can anyone confirm the plant’s identity😀?
Is this Glycosmis?
Caterpillar looks like Common mormon !?
Place :Cherukkad,Kozhikode
Date:7/08/2023
Time:10.35am
Theertha
I found a mini-forest of similar plant nearby & also found a indication similar to a common Mormon pupal nest!?
Place :Cherukkad,Kozhikode
Date:7/08/2023
Time:10.37am
Theertha
Food preference test in Caterpillar
Where should I go !?
The caterpillar’s anterior part is towards the 6 o’clock position, the lemon plant leaf is at the 9 o’clock position, and the host plant leaf is at the 3 o’clock position.
Place :Cherukkad,Kozhikode
Date:7/08/2023
Time:11.08am
Theertha
The caterpillar just turned into its host plant’s position. I apologize for the poor light quality in the photos.
Place :Cherukkad,Kozhikode
Date:7/08/2023
Theertha
The caterpillar just turned into its host plant’s position. I apologize for the poor light quality in the photos.
Place :Cherukkad,Kozhikode
Date:7/08/2023
Theertha
@Lahari CUBE & the Host plant (plant where I found the caterpillar)won the game 
.Congratulations both:clap: .
Place :Cherukkad,Kozhikode
Date:7/08/2023
Time:5.36pm
Theertha
*Update of Caterpillar that I got from a Rutaceae member (I guess),Which eating both Citrus as well as the plant to which I got the caterpillar .
I guess the plant which i got the caterpillar is Glycosmis !
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/glycosmis-pentaphylla
Larval Host Plant
Chilades lajus – Lime Blue
Neopithecops zalmora – Common Quaker
Papilio castor – Common Raven
Papilio demoleus – Lime Swallowtail
Papilio dravidarum – Malabar Raven
Papilio helenus – Red Helen
Papilio polymnestor – Blue Mormon
Papilio polytes – Common Mormon
Place : Cherukkad,Kozhikode
Date:13/08/2023
Time :10.09pm
Theertha
The caterpillar obtained from Glycosmis, a member of the Rutaceae family, does not appear to be a common Mormon caterpillar, as its 4 &5th instar larvae stage is not seen .
Place:Cherukkad Kozhikode
Theertha.
The caterpillar obtained from Glycosmis, a member of the Rutaceae family, does not appear to be a common Mormon caterpillar, as its 4 &5th instar larvae stage is not seen . The caterpillar has now transformed into a pupa . Let’s wait !!!
Place:Cherukkad Kozhikode
Theertha.
Caterpillar I got from Glycosmis turned to Butterfly .
I search the butterfly with the host plant ,i got similarity in
Common raven & Malabar raven ! which could be this !?Malabar raven is endemic to western ghats of India .lifecycle of Malabar raven have similarity with the butterfly that I have .but I didn’t get the lifecycle of common raven .
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/a-g-Life-cycle-of-Papilio-dravidarum-Wood-Mason-a-Egg-b-II-instar-larva-c-III_fig1_283786049
Place :Cherukkad,Kozhikode.
Time :5.08 pm
Date:1/09/2023
Theertha .
Common raven /Malabar raven also shows mimicking with Common crow.
Due to its inedibility, Euploea core is mimicked by a few edible species. Additionally a number of other inedible species within the same family mimic each other forming a Mullerian ring.
The edible species are contained in the two families:
- Papilionidae - Malabar raven (Papilio dravidarum), common mime (Papilio clytia) form clytia
- Nymphalidae - great eggfly (Hypolimnas bolina) female, Ceylon palmfly, Elymnias singala male and female
