common bluebottle pupa Archives - Singapore Geographic https://www.singaporegeographic.com/tag/common-bluebottle-pupa Singapore Biodiversity, List of Wild Animals, Insect, Nature Article that has been recorded in Singapore. Wed, 15 Sep 2021 12:23:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 135464637 Common Bluebottle Caterpillar https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/caterpillar/common-bluebottle-caterpillar?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=common-bluebottle-caterpillar https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/caterpillar/common-bluebottle-caterpillar#respond Sat, 28 Aug 2021 14:00:02 +0000 https://www.singaporegeographic.com/?p=5869 Graphium sarpedon, the common bluebottle or blue triangle in Australia, is a species of swallowtail butterfly that is found in South and Southeast Asia, as well as eastern Australia. There are approximately sixteen subspecies with differing geographical distributions. Wikipedia The 5th instar caterpillar closely resembles the 4th instar. The only noticeable change is the more prominent […]

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]]> Graphium sarpedon, the common bluebottle or blue triangle in Australia, is a species of swallowtail butterfly that is found in South and Southeast Asia, as well as eastern Australia. There are approximately sixteen subspecies with differing geographical distributions. Wikipedia

The 5th instar caterpillar closely resembles the 4th instar. The only noticeable change is the more prominent yellow transverse band connecting the 3rd pair of thoracic spines, and the basal ends of the first two pairs of thoracic spines and the anal pair turning white. The 3rd pair of the thoracic spine is almost completely white with the basal end circled in alternating black and yellow. Life History Common Bluebottle

Location: Choa Chu Kang – August 2021

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