Indra Swallowtail
Papilioo indra indra
Eclosure

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Butterfly from Pupa #1 eclosed March 31, 2007
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Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis
1., 2. Emerging from pupa - March 31, 2007
3.  Climbing a stem to get room to inflate wings
4.  Testing the proboscis
5., 6., 7.  Inflating wings
8.  Left forewing has not inflated as much as right forewing
9.  Inflating wings
10.  Close-up of head, thorax and antennae
11.  Ventral close-up of hindwing eyespot and other markings
12.  Adult on rock


Host Plant
Lomatium graveolens
Lomatium junceum

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