Philaethria dido
Margarita Beltrán
Characteristics
Early Stages: Eggs are yellow and approximately 1.5 x 1.2 mm (h x w). Females usually place eggs singly under older leaves of the host plant. Mature larvae have a white body with black and red stripes, with black, white and red scoli and yellow head; length is around 2.3 cm. Caterpillars are gregarious in small numbers (Brown, 1981).
Habits
Philaethria dido occurs in dense forests. Usually individuals fly rapidly in the canopy. Adults roost solitarily at night under leaves (Brown, 1981).
Hostplant: Philaethria dido larvae feed primarily on plants from the subgenera Astropea, Distephana and Granadilla (Passifloraceae)(Brown, 1981). In Costa Rica larvae feed on Passiflora vitifolia, P. edulis and P. ambigua (Passifloraceae) (DeVries, 1997).
References
Brown K. S. 1981 The Biology of Heliconius and Related Genera. Annual Review of Entomology 26, 427-456.
DeVries P. J. 1997 The Butterflies of Costa Rica and Their Natural History, Volume I: Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae Princeton University Press, Baskerville, USA.
Linnaeus C. 1763 Centuria insectorum rariorum. Upsala. [vi] + 32 pp.
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