Attracted to UV light.
Attracted to UV light.
This same individual in others life cycle stages:
Larva: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105683577
Final pupal stage: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105684001
Adult: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105684206
Plant: Orchid Dendrobium nobile fixed in palm tree (Arecaceae). Probably the caterpillar must have been feeding on the palm leaves and has gone into the pupa stage in the orchid.
This same individual in others life cycle stages:
larva: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105683577
Initial pupa stage: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105683694
Adult: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105684206
Plant: Orchid Dendrobium nobile fixed in palm tree (Arecaceae). Probably the caterpillar must have been feeding on the palm leaves and has gone into the pupa stage in the orchid.
This same individual in others life cycle stages:
Initial pupal stage: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105683694
Final pupal stage: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105684001
Adult: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105684206
Plant: Orchid Dendrobium nobile fixed in palm tree (Arecaceae). Probably the caterpillar must have been feeding on the palm leaves and has gone into the pupa stage in the orchid.
Now Carystus lota .
On ornamental potted palm.
See: Cock, M.J.W. (2005) The skipper butterflies (Hesperiidae) of Trinidad. Part 13, Hesperiinae, genera group K. Living World, Journal of the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club 2005, 23-47. https://ttfnc.org/livingworld/index.php/lwj/article/view/cock2005a