Subject: pink dotted caterpillar
Geographic location of the bug: goa india
Date: 06/10/2019
Time: 10:01 AM EDT
Your letter to the bugman: HI
my friend noticed this caterpillar.
here’s the photo i took . quite attractive colours.
I suppose it is a stage of a moth or butterfly
can you know what type moth or butterfly it turns into?
Thanks
How you want your letter signed: Carlos
Common Mime Caterpillar
Dear Carlos,
This caterpillar is quite colorful, but alas, we have not had any luck with an identification. Perhaps one of our readers will have better luck.
Update: June 11, 2019
Thanks to a comment from Karl, we now know that this is a Common Mime Caterpillar, Chilasa [Papilio] clytia. According to Butterflies of Singapore: “Across the range where this species occurs, the early stages feed on leaves of serveral plants in the Lauraceae family. The sole recorded local host plant, Cinnamomum iners (Common name: Clover Cinnamon, Wild Cinnamon), is a very common plant all over Singapore, readily found in nature reserves, gardens, parks and wastelands etc. It is a small to medium-sized tree with 3-nerved leaves. Eggs and early stages of the Common Mime are typically found on saplings at heights from knee to waist level.”
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Looks like a Common Mime caterpillar(Papilionidae: Chilasa [Papilio] clytia).
http://www.natureloveyou.sg/Minibeast-Butterfly/Butterfly_Chilasa%20clytia%20clytia/Main.html
Thanks so much for this information Karl. We will update the posting.
Thanks Karl and bugman too for information on the caterpillar.