Titaea tamerlan

Reproduction

Eggs typically incubate for seven to eight days.
First instar larvae are well adorned with protective "spikes", especially long and bifurcate on thoracic segments.
Colour and patterning change dramatically as these larvae move into subsequent instars.
This second instar larva may have protective camouflage of "bird dropping".
Colours change with each subsequent moult, and now basic green colour prevails. A central yellow dorsal line, suggesting a leaf vein, runs the length of the caterpillar.
Larvae bulk up considerably in final instar where they are without "horns".
Caterpillars will descend trees to pupate in the soil.
There is considerable colour and patterning variation among larvae.

Food

Titaea tamerlan larvae feed upon Bombax (Silk-cotton tree), Bombacopsis quinatum (Bombacopsis) and Tilia platyphyllos (Basswood/Lime) and possibly kopak trees.