Common Mormon butterfly (Papilio polytes) caterpillar in 5th and final instar stage : (pix Sanjiv Shukla)

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Size: 2646px × 2370px
Location: Chandigarh, India
Photo credit: © Sanjiv Shukla / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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