Manuel Gracia / A Two-tailed pasha (Charaxes jasius) butterfly's wings growing and stretching after hatching from a chrysalis, Seville, Spain. Controlled Conditions.

Manuel Gracia / A newly hatched Two-tailed pasha (Charaxes jasius) butterfly expelling meconium. Meconium is a waste material which is stored during metamorphosis. Seville, Spain. Controlled Conditions.

Manuel Gracia / A newly hatched Two-tailed pasha (Charaxes jasius) butterfly moving its proboscis and labial palps, Seville, Spain. Controlled Conditions.

Manuel Gracia / A close up of a Two-tailed pasha (Charaxes jasius) butterfly wing, Seville, Spain. Controlled Conditions.

Manuel Gracia / A newly hatched Two-tailed pasha (Charaxes jasius) butterfly moving its labial palps, Seville, Spain. Controlled Conditions.

Manuel Gracia / A newly created Two-tailed pasha (Charaxes jasius) chrysalis, Seville, Spain. Controlled Conditions.

Manuel Gracia / Two-tailed pasha (Charaxes jasius) caterpillar weaving an anchor from silk. The caterpillar will use this to attach itself to a branch before beginning the metamorphosis process. Seville, Spain. Contr...

Manuel Gracia / Timelapse of two-tailed pasha (Charaxes jasius) caterpillar hatching. The caterpillar eats its way out of the egg casing. Once it has hatched it returns and eats the egg case. Seville, Spain. Controll...

Manuel Gracia / Timelaspe of a cluster of Two-tailed pasha (Charaxes jasius) caterpillar eggs. One of the caterpillars hatches and then eats its way out of the egg casing. After fully hatching, it returns and eats th...

Manuel Gracia / Two-tailed pasha (Charaxes jasius) caterpillar feeding on a Strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo) leaf, Seville, Spain. Controlled Conditions.

Manuel Gracia / Timelapse of a Two-tailed pasha (Charaxes jasius) caterpillar feeding on a Strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo) leaf, Seville, Spain. Controlled Conditions.

Manuel Gracia / Newly hatched Two-tailed pasha larva (Charaxes jasius) eating its egg case, Seville, Spain, September. Speed Ramped (Not Timelapse). Studio.