Saturday, January 29, 2011

Fresh Sheet – January 29, 2011



“Sunset from the Mountain” by Paola Vargas Salas, Costa Rica Entomological Supply

Check out this week’s pupae – lots of them – from Costa Rico. Included are lots of “tinies”: Greta oto and Eurema boisduvaliana, whose name is longer than the wingspan of the adult butterfly.




Costa Rico

10 - Archeoprepona demophon (One-spotted Prepona)
10 - Caligo memnon (Owl Butterfly)
21 - Catonephele numilia (Numilia)
18 - Consul fabius (Tiger Leafwing)
41 - Danaus plexippus (The Monarch)
43 - Dryas iulia (Julia Longwing)
02 - Eurema boisduvaliana (Boisduval's Yellow)
49 - Greta oto (Glasswing)
37 - Heliconius cydno (Cydno Longwing)
14 - Heliconius doris (Doris Longwing)
05 - Heliconius hecale (Tiger Longwing)
54 - Heliconius ismenius (Ismenius Longwing)
14 - Heliconius melpomene (Postman)
20 - Heliconius sara (Sara Longwing)
14 - Heraclides anchisiades (Ruby-spotted Swallowtail)
45 - Hypna clytemnestra (Silver-studded Leafwing)
48 - Morpho peleides (Blue Morpho)
02 - Myselia cyaniris (Blue Wave Butterfly)
17 - Papilio polyxenes (Black Swallowtail)
47 - Phoebis philea (Orange Barred Sulfur)
55 - Siproeta stelenes (Malachite)
04 - Tithorea tarricina (Cream-Spotted Clearwing)

Total = 570

“Fresh Sheet” is our weekly shipment report of pupae on display in the emerging window. Visit Pacific Science Center’s Tropical Butterfly House and meet our newest residents.


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