As additional images of Pachylia ficus become available, I will post them below. The larvae are highly varied.

Pachylia ficus fifth instar, Pedro Leopoldo, Minas Gerais, Brazil,
December 26, 2016, courtesy of Wolfgang Walz.

Alves Tavares writes regarding a female Pachylia ficus "Created her from 22/02/2019 (green larva) to today 21/03/2019 (adult moth). Collected the caterpillar in a Ficus pumilla on the wall of my house in Parnaíba, Piauí, Brazil. I was feeding with leaves of this creeper. I was impressed by the amount of feces that passed from fifty per day! On the sixth day she changed the color of green to orange with blue and stopped feeding. Two days later turned into pupa. The adult emerged today after 17 days, took the photos and released in my backyard!"

Pachylia ficus fourth or fifth instar, Parnaiba, Piaui, Brazil,
February 22, 2019, courtesy of Alves Tavares

Pachylia ficus frass (one day's work), Parnaiba, Piaui, Brazil,
February 26, 2019, courtesy of Alves Tavares

Pachylia ficus fifth instar, Parnaiba, Piaui, Brazil,
February 28, 2019, courtesy of Alves Tavares

Pachylia ficus pupa, Parnaiba, Piaui, Brazil,
March 2, 2019, courtesy of Alves Tavares

Pachylia ficus inflating, Parnaiba, Piaui, Brazil,
March 21, 2019, courtesy of Alves Tavares

Pachylia ficus ready to go, Parnaiba, Piaui, Brazil,
March 21, 2019, courtesy of Alves Tavares

Pachylia ficus final instar, Foz do Iguacu, Parana, Brazil,
April 9, 2019, courtesy of Fabricio Vilela.

Pachylia ficus final instar, Massaranduba, Santa Catarina, Brazil,
January 3, 2019, courtesy of Joao Amarildo Ranguetti.

Pachylia ficus Sao Jose, Santa Catarina, Brazil,
April 28, 2020, courtesy of Sandro Silva, id by Bill Oehlke.

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