pupa vs. chrysalis

[Stanley A. Gorodenski]

I always thought of 'chrysalis' applying to butterflies also, but now
that the subject is brought up, it somehow doesn't seem to fit a
skipper.

Martha Rosett Lutz wrote:
> 
> Robert Vandermoor wrote:
> 
> "Clarification pleeeeease !!!!
> 
>  Instinctively I have always referred to pupae as being distinct to a part
> of the moth cycle and chrysalis distinct to a  part of the butterfly cycle.
> I still find many knowledgeable lepidopterists interchanging the term pupae
> or chrysalis"
> 
> Back in the 1970s I was taught (probably by Dr. George Eickwort, my first
> entomology professor at Cornell) that 'pupa' is the designation for the
> third life stage of a holometabolous insect (egg, larva, pupa, adult).
> 'Chrysalis' is the specialized name for the pupa of a butterfly.
> 
> The pupal stage is found in butterflies and moths, and also in beetles,
> bees, flies, and all other insects with complete metamorphosis.
> 
> A chrysalis is only found in butterflies.
> 
> In other words, I was formally taught that 'chrysalis' is a sub-category of
> 'pupa,' and is specific to butterflies.
> 
> Was anyone else taught differently?  Since this is a matter of terminology,
> it seems more important that we have a consensus understanding of the
> meaning of the words than that we adopt any one's particular version, so I
> would be grateful to hear from someone who learned it differently!
> 
> In Stride,
> Martha Rosett Lutz
> 
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