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butterflyrajib
09-Jun-2020, 03:57 PM
GREETINGS FROM INDIA!!!

Dear Sir/Madam,
I am sending herewith one caterpillar ( Left one is before instar and right one is next instar) for identification purpose. Larval host plant is Imperata cylindrical. Caterpiller captured from Kolkata, June 2020.

Regards,
Rajib Dey

Psyche
09-Jun-2020, 06:40 PM
Pelopidas agna.
4th instar.

The larvae of P. agna & mathias are rather similar but the marking are darker in P. mathias & reddish brown in P. agna.

P. mathias
https://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2015/01/life-history-of-small-branded-swift.html
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/821/Pelopidas-mathias?tab=1

P. agna.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/#!/sp/1088/Pelopidas-agna



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butterflyrajib
10-Jun-2020, 01:26 PM
Thank you Sir.I want to learn about Ampittia dioscorides all early stages Caterpiller description.Requesting you to please guide me if available with you.

Psyche
10-Jun-2020, 03:12 PM
Thank you Sir.I want to learn about Ampittia dioscorides all early stages Caterpiller description.Requesting you to please guide me if available with you.

I have only raise a handful of species before & so in no position to talk about life histories of most butterflies.
Ampittia dioscorides LH is fully shown in the website below.
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/646/Ampittia-dioscorides


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butterflyrajib
11-Jun-2020, 02:02 PM
Thanks for your valuable feedback.