Jalmenus evagoras

Jalmenus evagoras evagoras adult

Common Imperial Blue on Acacia decurrens. Photograph: L. von Richter

Jalmenus evagoras evagoras adult
Photograph: L. von Richter

Jalmenus evagoras evagoras caterpillar

Caterpillar (above) and pupae (below) all found with adult butterflies on the one tree. These larvae are tended by particular ant species.
Photograph: L. von Richter

Jalmenus evagoras evagoras pupae
Photograph: L. von Richter