Forest Mother-Of-Pearl Butterfly Chrysialis - Protogoniomorpha parhassus
The name chrysalis actually comes from the Greek language word for 'gold' as the butterflies often had a much brighter pupa than other insects. The same juices that were used to help digest the caterpillars food are now used to break down its own body where the fluid will break down the caterpillars body into cells and radically transform it's body and later emerge as a butterfly or moth.
Forest Mother-Of-Pearl Butterfly Chrysialis - Protogoniomorpha parhassus
The name chrysalis actually comes from the Greek language word for 'gold' as the butterflies often had a much brighter pupa than other insects. The same juices that were used to help digest the caterpillars food are now used to break down its own body where the fluid will break down the caterpillars body into cells and radically transform it's body and later emerge as a butterfly or moth.