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Pronunciation: [pjˈuːpə] (IPA)

A pupa is the life stage of some insects between the larva and adult stages. Synonyms for the word pupa include cocoon, chrysalis, and nymph. While cocoon specifically refers to the silk covering made by certain moth larvae, chrysalis is the term used to describe the pupa of butterflies and moths. Nymph, on the other hand, is used for the pupa of insects such as grasshoppers and bugs. Other synonyms for pupa include casing, sheath, and envelope. Understanding these synonyms can help us to better understand insect development and the terminology used for their different life stages.
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The larva and pupa undergo changes which have no relation to the form which the insect will ultimately assume.
"On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects"
Sir John Lubbock
In the same manner, if we examine a pupa which is about to disclose the butterfly, we find the future insect, soft indeed and imperfect, but still easily recognizable, lying more or less loosely within the pupa-skin.
"On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects"
Sir John Lubbock
The second stage is entered into within a few hours, and is passed within a silken cocoon, with which the white grub now surrounds itself, and with which, transformed to a pupa, it bides its time for about three weeks, as I now recall, when-third stage-out pops the mud cork, and the perfect wasp appears at the opening of the cell.
"My Studio Neighbors"
William Hamilton Gibson

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