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abdominal and ninth abdominal segments. Wild Asclepiads are its 
food and the pupa is suspended as is usual in the group. The pupa is 
green with metallic silvery and golden spots. 
Danais chrysippus , Linn. , is similar the veins not marked with black ; 
its larva is grey with five black and a yellow band on each segment 
and a yellow lateral stripe; 
there are three pairs of pro¬ 
cesses, of which the pair on the 
meta-thorax are the longer; 
the chrysalis is light-green or 
pink, with golden spots on the 
anterior (lower) end, and a 
golden black-bordered line 
round the posterior (upper) 
end; the foodplant is the 
common Ak (Calotropis spp). De Niceville and Marshall speak of 
this as “ the commonest and most widely spread of all the Indian 
butterflies.” In the plains it is common throughout the year, abundant 
especially in November. 
Danais limniace , Cram., is black with very faintly blue markings 
as shown in fig. 275. It is likely to be confused with D. septentrionis , 
Fig. 278.— Danais limniace pup.®. 
Fig. 279.— Euplcea core. 
