Definition:
The pupal stage of butterfly metamorphosis, or the protective case in which a butterfly pupa becomes an adult.
See also: Time Lapse Photos - Monarch Butterfly Emerging from a Chrysalis
Also Known As: pupal case
chrysalis
By Debbie Hadley, About.com Guide
Monarch chrysalis.
Photo: © Debbie Hadley, WILD JerseyThe Order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths
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