OBSERVATION : LEOPARD LACE WING/PASSIFLORA

[Bimal Sar kar]

Dear Friend,

                 I observed a female Leopard Lace wing butterfly hovering over a Passiflora caerulea plant during first week of October. I knew from my experience that she is to lay eggs. But I could not locate the site where she laid eggs. But on 08-10-14 I saw small larva on the leaves of the host plant. I followed the growth of the larva from that day on. When they were mature enough to form pupa ,I brought few of them on the balcony of my house.  I had interesting observation.I supplied them with leaves of Passiflora caerulea, Passiflora holosericea and Passiflora quadrangularis and I found they ate all these types of leaves( of course literature on the subject says that Passiflora sp is the host plant for this butterfly ).I was able to target on two larva. One of them turned to a pupa on 21-10-2014 and the other on 22-10-2014. On the 10th day of the pupa a male butterfly emerged from the first pupa and a female butterfly emerged from the second Pupa. This sequence is attached as 19 images.

        With regards,

                Bimal

[J.M. Garg]

Passiflora 'Soi Fah' as per images and references herein.

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From: Bimal Sar kar <bima...@gmail.com>

Date: Fri 31 May, 2019, 6:55 PM
Subject: Re: OBSERVATION : LEOPARD LACE WING/PASSIFLORA
To: J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com>

Thank you Garg ji.

Regards,