Lime Butterfly and Its Caterpillars | 台北市立動物園資訊網
Afterdoingsomeresearch,IwasquitecertainthatthecaterpillarbelongtotheLimeButterfly(Papiliodemoleusmalayanus).Thebird-droppingappearancewas ...
It all started when I brought back a pot of Herb-of-grace (Ruta graveolens)[1] plant, which had a very strong pungent scent. I saw this plant at a nursery in late April 2010 and its flowers caught my attention. So, I decided to bring it home to take some pictures for my website. Nothing extraordinary happened until a week later when I saw a caterpillar and something that looked like a butterfly egg under one of the leaflet. Indeed, it was a butterfly egg.
After doing some research, I was quite certain that the caterpillar belong to the Lime Butterfly (Papilio demoleus malayanus)[2]. The bird-dropping appearance was a typical feature the caterpillar of this butterfly. I then realised that the Herb-of-grace belonged to the citrus family (Rutaceae). Plants from this family are host plant of the Lime Butterfly. Hence, the egg, caterpillar and the plant all make sense now -- an interesting illus...
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Lime Butterfly and Its Caterpillars | 台北市立動物園資訊網
【無尾鳳蝶】:鳳蝶科;
動物名稱:無尾鳳蝶LimeButterfly所在區域:昆蟲館保護類別:棲息地帶::