Larva on Asclepias curassavica [MWB]
500x360 (~55Kb) upperside Millbridge, Plymouth, UK 13/10/95, Photo © Simon Coombes | 357x500 (~50Kb) underside Millbridge, Plymouth, UK 13/10/95, Photo © Simon Coombes | 1200x825 (~147Kb) upperside USA: Rest area on I15/I84 (41°28'01"N 112°03'11"W), Box Elder Co., Utah, 17.8.2005, Photo © Markku Savela |
800x535 (~64Kb) underside USA: Rest area on I15/I84 (41°28'01"N 112°03'11"W), Box Elder Co., Utah, 17.8.2005, Photo © Markku Savela | 1404x1030 (~137Kb) underside USA: Alabama, 23.6.2003, Photo © Vitaly Charny |
Mimiced by Basilarchia archippus.
Larva on Asclepias curassavica [H&R], Asclepias spp., Matelea [BCR], Apocynum androsaemifolium, Acerates spp., Araujia hortorum, A. sericifera, Asclepias amplexicaulis, A. cordifolia, A. curassavica, A. eriocarpa, A. exaltata, A. fascicularis, A. fruticosa, A. grandiflora, A. humistrata, A. incarnata, A. lanceolatum, A. mexicana, A. nitida, A. nivea, A. phytolaccoides, A. purpurascens, A. rotundifolia, A. rubra, A. semilunata, A. speciosa, A. sullivanti, A. syriaca, A. tomentosa, A. tuberosa, A. verticillata, Cynanchum dalhousieae, Ceropegia intermedia, Stephanotis floribunda, Raphistemma pulchellum, Calotropis gigantea, Calotropis procera, Gomphocarpus arborescens, G. fruticosus, G. physocarpus, Gonolobus laevis, Gonolobus rostratus, Marsednia spp., Matelea reticulata, Oxypetalum coeruleum, Stapelia variegata, S. grandiflora, Ipomoea spp., Euphorbia mauretanica?, Gossypium arboreum?, Citrus spp. [MRS], Asclepias curassavica, A. fruticosa, A. rotundifolia, A. semilunata, Calotropis gigantea, Staphelia grandiflora, S. variegata Dunn & Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts.
Larva on Asclepias curassavica, Sarcostemma angustissima Roque-Albelo, 2004, J. Lep. Soc. 58 (1): 40
Larva on Araujia sericifera, A. hortorum, Asclepias curassavica, Morrenia odorata, Oxypetalum coeruleum [MWB]
588x543 (~45Kb) Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey |
Larva on Asclepias curassavica, Calotropis procera, Cynanchum undatum, C. unifarium, Spigelia anthelmia [MWB]
Larva on Asclepias curassavica, Rouliniella fluminensis [MWB]
Larva on Asclepias , Calotropis , Cynanchum , Spigelia [BCR]
986x946 (~113Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Si Racha environs, the Chan-ta-Then River valley at lower reaches, 14th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 975x756 (~98Kb) upperside Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Si Racha environs, the Chan-ta-Then River valley at lower reaches, 14th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 1011x918 (~109Kb) underside Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Si Racha environs, the Chan-ta-Then River valley at lower reaches, 14th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin |
Larva on Asclepiadaceae [BHR], Cynanchum lanhsuense, C. formosanum, C. taiwanianum, Metaplexis japonica, Asclepias curassavica, Ceropegia intermedia, Cynanchum dalhousiae, C. liukiuense, Graphistemma pictum, Gymnema spp., Marsdenia tinctoria, M. tomentosa, Pergularia odoratissima, Raphistemma pulchellum, R. lemma, Stephanotis floribunda, Tylophora cissoides, T. tanakae [MRS]
874x1006 (~248Kb) ♂ underside Cambodia, Ratanakiri Province, Ta Veng, the Se San River right bank, 3rd June 2013, Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 879x1239 (~270Kb) ♂ underside Cambodia, Ratanakiri Province, Ta Veng, the Se San River right bank, 3rd June 2013, Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 1336x1013 (~234Kb) ♂ underside Cambodia, Ratanakiri Province, Ta Veng, the Se San River right bank, 3rd June 2013, Photo © Oleg Kosterin |
Larva on Raphistemma pulchellum [BMP]
787x641 (~137Kb) ♂ upperside Thailand, Phang Nga Province, a hill at Khao Khuan Kha, 5 km NE Khok Kloi, a primary forest. 23rd February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 1057x849 (~187Kb) ♂ underside Thailand, Phang Nga Province, a hill at Khao Khuan Kha, 5 km NE Khok Kloi, a primary forest. 23rd February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 1236x890 (~238Kb) ♂ underside Thailand, Phuket, Kathu Waterfalls, 25th February 2010, Photo © Oleg Kosterin |
Larva on Cynanchum carnosum, C. ovalifolium Dunn & Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts., Ischnostemma selangorica, Tylophora sp., Vincetoxicum carnosum [MWB], Cynanchum , Heterostemma , Ischnostemma , Tylophora , Vincetoxicum Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 221
620x793 (~117Kb) ♀ underside Cambodia, Koh Kong S suburbs, bush mangroves at Boeng Kayak village, 11th December 2010, Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 1160x1012 (~327Kb) ♂ Cambodia, SE suburbs of Koh Kong, trees at a pond, 21st July 2016, Photo © Oleg Kosterin |
Larva on (as malayanus) Ischnostemma selangorica [BMP]
Larva on Ageratum conyzoides, Wedelia biflora, Lantana spp. [MRS], Gymnema , Tylophora Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 222
848x1046 (~257Kb) ♂ ♀ underside Cambodia, Koh Kong Province, 14 km of ENE Koh Kong, 'Hemicordulia' brook. 4th December 2010, Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 935x1216 (~238Kb) ♂ ♀ underside Cambodia, Koh Kong Province, 14 km of ENE Koh Kong, 'Hemicordulia' brook. 4th December 2010, Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 876x858 (~235Kb) ♂ underside Cambodia, Koh Kong Province, Tatai village at Phum Doung Bridge, 11th March 2017, Photo © Oleg Kosterin |
1199x944 (~319Kb) ♂ Cambodia, Koh Kong Province, Tatai village at Phum Doung Bridge, 11th March 2017, Photo © Oleg Kosterin |
552x562 (~40Kb) ♂ Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey | 1000x770 (~73Kb) larva USA: LepSoc field trip to Patagonia, "Butterlfy garden", Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, 2.8.2005, Photo © Markku Savela |
Larva on Nerium sp., Asclepias amplexicaulis, A. curassavica, Asclepias erosa, A. humistrata, A. incarnata, A. nivea?, A. tuberosa rolfsii, Calotropis procera, Funastrum lineare heterophyllum, Gonolobus sp., Ibatia quinquelobata, Oxypetalum sp., Philibertia heterophylla, P. linearis, Sarcostemma sp., S. cynanchoides hartwegii?, S. hirtellum, Stapelia sp., Vincetoxicum sp. [MWB]
Larva on Asclepias , Sarcostemma [BCR], Sarcostemma angustissima, Asclepias curassavica Roque-Albelo, 2004, J. Lep. Soc. 58 (1): 38
870x597 (~35Kb) ♂ ♀ underside Yona, Okinawa, Ryukyus, Japan, 9-90, Photo © S. Shuichi Haupt | 600x435 (~32Kb) underside Morocco, Taroudannt, Souss, Photo © Michel Tarrier | 600x435 (~33Kb) upperside Morocco, Taroudannt, Souss, Photo © Michel Tarrier |
769x513 (~64Kb) upperside Thailand, Krabi 24.12.2003-7.1.2004, Photo © Olli Vesikko | 769x513 (~87Kb) upperside Thailand, Krabi 24.12.2003-7.1.2004, Photo © Olli Vesikko | 769x514 (~96Kb) underside Thailand, Krabi 24.12.2003-7.1.2004, Photo © Olli Vesikko |
816x612 (~51Kb) underside Thailand, Chon Buri Province, at the lake at Bang Phra. 1st February 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 1074x1413 (~275Kb) ♂ underside Cambodia, Preah Vihear Province, Chey San District, Thmea Commune, Phneak Roluek village, 20th June 2018, Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 1086x785 (~226Kb) ♂ underside Cambodia, Preah Vihear Province, Chey San District, Thmea Commune, Phneak Roluek village, 20th June 2018, Photo © Oleg Kosterin |
Mimiced by Hypolimnas misippus. [BIR]
Larva on Asclepias [H&R], Gomphocarpus , Ceropegia , Stapelia , Huernia [PBSA], Asclepias curassavica, A. fruticosa, A. rotundifolia, Calotropis gigantea, Calotropis procera, Cynanchum carnosum, C. floribundum, Marsdenia australis, Pentatropis atropurpurea, P. quinquepartita, Staphelia grandiflora, S. variegata Dunn & Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts., Calotropis gigantea, Calotropis procera, Asclepias curassavica, Asclepias spp., Caralluma spp., Ceropegia spp., Cynanchum abyssinicum, C. spp., Gomphocarpus fruticosus, G. spp., Huernia spp., Ishchnochardtia australis, Kanahia glaberrima, K. spp., Leichardtia spp., Leptadenia hastata, Marsdenia leichardtiana, Pentatropis atropurpurea, P. spp., Pergularia daemia, P. extensa, Pleurostelma cernuum, Raphistemma pulchellum, Schizoglossum spp., Secamone spp., Stapelia spp., Stathmostelma spp., Tylophora spp., Ipomoea bona-nox, Euphorbia spp., Periploca linarifolia, Dyerophytum indicum, Rosa spp., Erioglossum rubiginosum, Antirrhinum spp. [MRS], Asclepias coarctata, A. fruticosa, A. fulva, A. lineolata, A. reflexa, A. rotundifolia, A. scabrifolia, A. swynnertoni, A. syriaca, Aspidoglossum interruptum, Cynanchum actutum, C. altiscandens, C. amplexicaule, C. floribundum, C. sublanceolatum var. obtusulum, Gomphocarpus kaesneri, G. physocarpa, G. semilunatus, G. stenophyllus, Ischnostemma carnosum, Kanahia laniflora, Leichardtia australis, Leptadenia hastata, Metaplexis japonica, Pachycarpus sp., Pentarrhinum sp., Pentatropis quinquepartita, Pergularia daemia, P. extensa?, Pleurostelma cernuum, Secamone afzelli, S. parviflora, S. platystigma, Stapelia nobilis, Stathmostelma gigantiflorum, S. pedunculatum, Tylophora stenoloba, T. sylvatica [MWB]
Larva on Asclepias curassavica, Calotropis gigantea [BMP], Pergularia tomentosa, Cynanchum acutum, Calotropis procera [BMAT]
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