[LEPS-L:7987] Re: Long-lived butterflies?

Ron Gatrelle gatrelle at tils-ttr.org
Sun Nov 26 18:48:37 EST 2000


Anthocharis midea midea may spend several years as a pupa. I have had
specimens go three years. There is info on this in The Taxonomic Report
issue 1:1.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Woody Woods" <woody.woods at umb.edu>
To: <Leps-l at lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2000 1:56 PM
Subject: [LEPS-L:7983] Long-lived butterflies?


> Do any of you know of butterfly species with exceptionally long adult
> lifespans, such as the Mourning Cloak? Or, for that matter, even of
univoltine
> or long-lived butterfly species that spend most of their lives in a
pre-adult stage?
>
> I am trying to identify such species for comparative research purposes and
> suspect that there may be a fund of unpublished firsthand or even
anecdotal
> information out there!
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Woody Woods
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