Hybrid/Question

[Runar Krogen]

I can recommend following article, written by Thomas E. Dimock:

Three natural hybrids of Vanessa atalanta rubria x Cynthia annabella.

Published in Journal of the Lepidopterists´ Society, Vol. 27, Number 4. 

The informative article is based on the discovery of three hybrid larvae
found in nature on Urtica in Thousand Oaks, California, 1972. 

Sincerely 

Runar Krogen
Buvika, Norway
rkrogen at online.no

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> From: Brian Beard <bbeards at ix.netcom.com>
> To: leps-l at lists.yale.edu
> Subject: Hybrid/Question
> Date: 8. mars 1999 21:09
> 
> Hi All,
> 	Vanessa atalanta is said to "cross" with Vanessa annabella on 
> occasion.  Can someone point me to the literature on this?  Or I have two

> questions 1)Which way works best or at all: Western Lady Male X Red 
> Admiral Female, or the other way around?  2) What are the host plants for

> such a larve: Malvaceae or Urticaceae or...?
> 	Thanks in advance,
> 			Brian