rearing Consul

[ORELLANA BORGES . ANDRES MIGUEL]

I recently accidentally caught a worn female of the 'TIGER WITH TAILS'
Consul fabius and released it inside a 5 x 1.5 x 2 m cage with asorted
foodplants. (this butterfly is related with the Anaea)
Unfortunatelly, the hostplant I had for this species was previously
cutted because i did not have in mind to breed so soon, leaving
just the stems, and today it is budding. So I decided to cut fresh 
Pepper tree stems (host) and plug it inside a bottle with water.
Is this enough to encourage this Charaxine butterfly to oviposit? or
should I wait till my budding plant to have fully grown leaves and
try with another specimen. The stem is iremediably wilting and I have
the feeling that it will not fill the butterfly's expectancies. 
How much space is needed for such species. Anybody out there has
experience in rearing tropical butterflies in cages?

Andres M. Orellana