A pupa (chrysalis) of a Nymphalid (in a broad sense) butterfly, suspended by the end of abdomen on a silken spinning on the substrate. This one is killed by some parasite.
Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, a small wood at a grassy swamp at the Jomtien beach, between B.O. Guesthouse and Jomtien Metro Condotel, 2nd January, 2006.
O. Kosterin
Куколка (пораженная паразитом).
Таиланд, провинция Чон Бури, Паттайя, лесок возле маленького травяного болота у пляжа Джомтьен, между Guesthouse и Jomtien Metro Condotel, 2 января 2006 г.
О. Костерин

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