Caterpillars are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera. In common speech, any caterpillar-shaped insect larva such as of a sawfly is often called a caterpillar.
Euthalia aconthea (baron butterfly) caterpillar found in India
Caterpillar of Papilio machaon
A monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) caterpillar feeding on an unopened seed pod of swamp milkweed
Caterpillar nest of Thaumetopoea pityocampa on a Pinus halepensis branch
The genus Lonomia is a moderate-sized group of fairly cryptic saturniid moths from South America, famous not for the adults, but for their highly venomous caterpillars, which are responsible for a few