About Eudocima salaminia (Cramer, 1777)
Eudocima salaminia (Cramer, 1777) has a wingspan of approximately 80 to 104 mm. Its palpi have a very short, non-spatulate second joint. The outer margin of the forewings is straight, and the cilia are non-crenulate. The head and collar are plum fruit colored. The thorax is greenish, with tufts on the metathorax, and the abdomen is orange. The forewings are golden greenish. A broad cream-colored costal fascia runs from near the base of the inner margin to the apex; it is striated with pale red and changes to green at the costa. A creamy marginal band is also present on the forewings, and a curved red streak is located below vein 2. The hindwings are orange, with a large black lunule positioned beyond the lower angle of the cell. A black marginal band that has whitish cilia spots runs from the costa to vein 2. On the ventral side of the forewings, the color is fuscous, with orange at the base. A broad whitish postmedial band is present that does not reach the costa or inner margin, and the ventral cilia are whitish. The larva is dark purplish grey with a small number of whitish specks. The 4th through 6th somites have small yellowish sub-dorsal spots; on the 5th and 6th somites, beneath these spots, there is a red-ringed black ocellus with a whitish pupil. The 11th somite has a conical reddish dorsal tubercle. Late instar larvae are olive brown with dark specks. A pale lateral fascia is found on the medial somites, and a purplish fascia runs from the tubercle to the last abdominal segment.
