Development of common rose butterfly
1/11/2019
adult butterfly came out of the chrysalis:partying_face:
- it was a female butterfly
identification:
*forewing dorsal side: black forewing, with white shade lines all over it
*forewing ventral side: same as that of dorsal side - hind wings dorsal side :- black coloured, a row of faint red crescents towards the margin, a row of white spots above the crescents.
*hind wings ventral side: same as that of dorsal side. The crescents will be bright red in colour. Head: red colour Abdomen: larger ,black and red coloured
( not a mimic of common Mormon butterfly: common Mormon mimic common rose butterfly by same wing pattern. But their head and abdomen will be completly black)
By Andria
(Kalady, kochi, Kerala)