Lime Butterfly and Its Caterpillars | 台北市立動物園資訊網

2010年10月16日—Whenmyhandtouchedit,Irealiseditwasnotadeadleafbutapupafromeitherabutterflyormoth.Iwasfullofjoywiththisdiscovery.

This Part 2 was a continuation of the previous encounter (Part 1)[1] on the observed life cycle of the Lime Butterfly. To be exact, this was about the second Lime Butterfly that was born at the narrow green belt of my balcony.

On 2 October 2010, while I was doing my routine weekend maintenance of my potted plants, I saw something that looked like a dead leaf under one the Daisy (Gerbera jamesonii) plant. When my hand touched it, I realised it was not a dead leaf but a pupa from either a butterfly or moth. I was full of joy with this discovery. It was another opportunity for me to witness another birth. It never occurred to me that this pupa belongs to a Lime Butterfly because the colour of the pupa was different from that of the first butterfly. Furthermore, it was found on a Daisy plant and not on the usual Herb-of-grace (Ruta graveolens) plant. [2][3]

After taking the last p...