[En-Es] Papilio cresphontes

[elentogether]

Hello friends.
On one occasion I spoke about the butterfly papilio cresphontes and they told me that it would be good if I could also get a photo of its caterpillar.
I responded that as soon as I had the opportunity I would do it, although I was not sure I would achieve it.
After several months had passed, @darioreuben found something strange on the leaf of a lemon plant, photographed it and sent me the images via WhatsApp.
When I requested its name from the identification application, I was greatly surprised that it was precisely a Papilio cresphontes caterpillar.

Hola amigos.
En una oportunidad hablé sobre la mariposa Papilio cresphontes y me manifestaron que sería bueno si lograra también una foto de su oruga .
Yo respondí que apenas tuviera oportunidad lo haría, aunque no estaba segura de lograrlo.
Después de haber pasado varios meses, @darioreuben encontró algo extraño sobre la hoja de una planta de limón, lo fotografió y me envió las imágenes vía WhatsApp.
Cuando solicite su nombre a la aplicación de identificación me lleve la gran sorpresa de que se trataba precisamente de una oruga de Papilio cresphontes.

Papilio cresphontes belongs to the family Papilionidae
Its caterpillar imitates the colors of bird feces to avoid being eaten by them and has structures called osmeteria, similar to horns, which they display using when they are in danger and with which they give off an unpleasant odor to their predators.

Papilio cresphontes pertenece a la familia Papilionidae
Su oruga imita los colores de las heces de las aves para evitar ser comidas por ellas y poseen unas estructuras llamadas osmeterios, parecidos a cuernos, que exhiben cuando están en peligro y con el que despiden un olor desagradable a sus depredadores.

It is a large butterfly with a wingspan of about 10 to 16 centimeters, with yellow and dark brown colors on the wings and yellow with brown bands on the body.
As adults they feed on nectar from flowers and in the larval stage on leaves of different plants, including those of the Rutaceae (citrus) family, for which they can become pests by invading crops.

Es una mariposa grande de de unos 10 a 16 centímetros de envergadura, con colores amarillo y marrón oscuro en las alas y amarillo con bandas marrones en el cuerpo.
Como adultos alimentan de néctar de flores y en estadio de larva de hojas de diferentes plantas, entre ellas las de la familia de las rutaceae (cítricos), para las que pueden convertirse en plagas al invadir sembradíos.

The family papilionidae is also called "swallowtail butterflies" because its members have extensions on their wings that are reminiscent of those of these birds. They are very large which makes them have a peculiar flight, in which it seems that they move by jumping.

La familia papilionidae es también llamada "Mariposas cola de golondrina" porque sus miembros poseen prolongaciones en las alas que recuerdan a las de esas aves. Son muy grandes lo que hace que posean un vuelo peculiar, en el que parece que se desplazaran dando brincos.

They are widely distributed, but their greatest diversity is found in the tropics. Papilio cresphontes is also called the western giant swallowtail butterfly, to differentiate it from the papilio rumiko, which lives in the eastern United States.
The population of some species of butterflies of the papilionidae family is in danger of extinction.

Están ampliamente distribuidas, pero su mayor diversidad se encuentra en el trópico. Papilio cresphontes es también llamada mariposa cola de golondrina gigante del oeste, para diferenciarla de la papilio rumiko, que habita hacia el este de Estados Unidos.
La población de algunas especies de mariposas de la familia papilionidae se encuentra en peligro de extinción.

The orange tree butterfly, as another member of the Papilionidae is called, the Papilio thoas, has a great resemblance to the Papilio cresphontes.

La mariposa de los naranjos, como se llama a otro miembro de las papilionidae, la Papilio thoas, tiene un gran parecido con la Papilio cresphontes.

All photos except the ones of the caterpillars, which were taken by my husband with his Redmi note 8 smartphone, were taken by myself with a Xiaomi Redmi 9C.

Todas las fotos, excepto las de las orugas, que fueron tomadas por mi esposo con su teléfono inteligente Redmi note 8, las tomé yo misma con un Xiaomi Redmi 9C

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Thank you so much

Muchas Gracias.

Imagen hecha con Canva y Paint.
Translated with / Traducido con: Google translator.
Dividers / Separadores
References / Referencias:
https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papilionidae
https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papilio_cresphontes
https://bugguide.net/node/view/3253/bgimage

Comments

[dreamingirwin]

I'm glad you were able to get a picture of the butterfly you wanted. It looks to be a pretty decent size. It's impressive how nature has it's instinctive intelligence. They idea of it imitating it's predictors poop to disguise itself. Even the simple fact that it can do it. !LUV the post. It deserves a !BEER

[elentogether]

Thank you @dreamingirwin! Yes, it is fascinating to be able to observe how some creatures have evolved for their survival.
Blessings to all.