Chrysalis laid on water tanks in Uttarakhand

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These are Yellow Coster butterfly chrysalis laid on a water tank in Landour, Uttarakhand. The Yellow Coster, Acraea issoria, is a small, leathery-winged butterfly. This species of the subgenus (Actinote) and the Tawny Coster (Acraea (Acraea) terpsicore) with its sister species (A. (A.) moluccana) and (A. (A.)meyeri) of the nominotypical subgenus, are the only Asiatic representatives of the predominantly African sub-family Acraeinae. According to Talbot (Fauna of British India) the race anomala is found in the western Himalayas while the nominate form is from the eastern Himalayas. Source : Wikipedia This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India