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Papilio polyxenes stabilis Rothschild & Jordan, 1906
('Central American' Black Swallowtail)
Immatures

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Papilio polyxenes stabilis last instar,
COSTA RICA: Guanacaste Prov.: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Cacao,
Estacion Cacao, 1150m, collected on 14-XII-2004 as penultimate instar, photographed on 21-XII-2004
foodplant Cyclospermum leptophyllum
 voucher code 04-SRNP-36209, image code 04-SRNP-36209-DHJ401644.jpg
image from http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu/

 
Papilio polyxenes stabilis last instar,
COSTA RICA: Guanacaste Prov.: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Cacao,
Estacion Cacao, 1150m, collected on 14-XII-2004 as penultimate instar, photographed on 21-XII-2004
foodplant Cyclospermum leptophyllum
 voucher code 04-SRNP-36209, image code 04-SRNP-36209-DHJ401648.jpg
image from http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu/

 
Papilio polyxenes stabilis last instar,
COSTA RICA: Guanacaste Prov.: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Cacao,
Estacion Cacao, 1150m, collected on 14-XII-2004 as penultimate instar, photographed on 21-XII-2004
foodplant Cyclospermum leptophyllum
 voucher code 04-SRNP-36209, image code 04-SRNP-36209-DHJ401649.jpg
image from http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu/

 
Papilio polyxenes stabilis penultimate instar, length 27 mm
COSTA RICA: Guanacaste Prov.: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Cacao,
Estacion Cacao, 1150m, collected on 14-XII-2004 as penultimate instar, photographed on 14-XII-2004
foodplant Cyclospermum leptophyllum
 voucher code 04-SRNP-36209, image code 04-SRNP-36209-DHJ401650.jpg
image from http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu/

 
Papilio polyxenes stabilis pupa,
COSTA RICA: Guanacaste Prov.: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Cacao,
Estacion Cacao, 1150m, collected on 10-XII-2004 as second instar, photographed on 20-I-2005
foodplant Cyclospermum leptophyllum
 voucher code 04-SRNP-36208, image code 04-SRNP-36208-DHJ401639.jpg
image from http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu/

 
Papilio polyxenes stabilis pupa,
COSTA RICA: Guanacaste Prov.: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Cacao,
Estacion Cacao, 1150m, collected on 10-XII-2004 as second instar, photographed on 20-I-2005
foodplant Cyclospermum leptophyllum
 voucher code 04-SRNP-36208, image code 04-SRNP-36208-DHJ401641.jpg
image from http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu/

 
Papilio polyxenes stabilis pupa, length 29 mm
COSTA RICA: Guanacaste Prov.: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Cacao,
Estacion Cacao, 1150m, collected on 14-XII-2004 as penpenultimate instar, photographed on 24-I-2005
foodplant Cyclospermum leptophyllum
 voucher code 04-SRNP-36213, image code 04-SRNP-36213-DHJ88787.jpg,
04-SRNP-36213-DHJ88784.jpg and 04-SRNP-36213-DHJ88783.jpg
image from http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu/

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