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whitish spots. Body coloured like the wings above, greyish beneath, the breast red.
We are indebted to Madam Merian for a representation of the caterpillar, the peculiar appendages of which have been already mentioned. The colour of its body is a delicate green, with longitudinal rays alternately blue and yellow; the pectoral legs black; the head dull yellow. It feeds on the Jasminum Indicum, The chrysalis is of a yellow colour.
The insect inhabits various parts of South America, in some places rather plentifully.
