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Sky Blue
27-May-2004, 05:49 PM
Cycad Blue, is this u? what is the ">" shape things at the front head of the butts? Cycad blue from "common rose" don't hv that!?

http://img69.photobucket.com/albums/v211/kupu-kupu/Cycad_Blue.jpg

Common Rose
27-May-2004, 06:45 PM
Heheee... now I 'famous' for Cycad Blue. That's surely a Cycad Blue.

All the 6 legs and 2 antennae are accounted for. I believe those r the 2 'horns' in front of its head, which u can see from the attached below:

http://img48.photobucket.com/albums/v148/macrossx/Butterflies/2651c.jpg

Sky Blue
27-May-2004, 06:49 PM
yrs only got 1 horn :confused:

Common Rose
27-May-2004, 06:57 PM
There r two 'horns'. Here r some pics of Cycad Blue from diff angles. Not very sharp though, but can clearly see two 'horns'.

http://img48.photobucket.com/albums/v148/macrossx/Lepidoptera/1815.jpg

http://img48.photobucket.com/albums/v148/macrossx/Lepidoptera/1824.jpg

Sky Blue
28-May-2004, 09:59 AM
oh ic. Thanks common rose ;)

Common Rose
28-May-2004, 08:18 PM
oh ic. Thanks common rose ;)No problem. Quite fun and rewarding when learning new things. :-) Didn't know that they can become ">" as shown in your pic.

Commander, or anyone, what r those two 'horns' called? What's the purpose?

Commander
28-May-2004, 11:47 PM
No problem. Quite fun and rewarding when learning new things. :-) Didn't know that they can become ">" as shown in your pic.

Commander, or anyone, what r those two 'horns' called? What's the purpose?

Those horns as you call them, are called "palpi". Their function, as I know it, is to protect the coiled up proboscis when it's in the coiled up position.

Common Rose
28-May-2004, 11:50 PM
Those horns as you call them, are called "palpi". Their function, as I know it, is to protect the coiled up proboscis when it's in the coiled up position.

Thanks! Another new knowledge learned. ;P