Fresh Sheet – October 6, 2012

A shipment of 536 pupae, all beautiful butterflies from Costa Rica, are now emerging in our Tropical Butterfly House. Don’t you wish you were here?

Costa Rica

20 - Agraulis vanilla (Gulf Fritllary)
05 - Anteos clorinde (White Angled Sulphur)
25 - Battus belus (Belus Swallowtail)
12 - Battus polydamas (Polydamus Swallowtail)
08 - Caligo atreus (Yellow-Edged Giant-Owl)
08 - Caligo eurilochus (Forest Giant Owl)
08 - Caligo memnon (Owl Butterfly)
05 - Catonephele mexicana (Mexican Catone)
20 - Catonephele numilia (Numilia)
08 - Danaus plexippus (The Monarch)
18 - Dryadula phaetusa (Banded Orange Heliconian)
15 - Dryas iulia (Julia Longwing)
04 - Eryphanis polyxena (Purple Mort Bleu Owl)
20 - Eueudes isabella (Isabella’s Longwing)
15 - Greta oto (Glasswing)
08 - Hamadryas februa (Gray Calico)
10 - Hamadryas feronia (Variable Calico)
18 - Hamadryas laodamia (Starry Calico)
08 - Heliconius charitonius (Zebra Longwing)
11 - Heliconius cydno (Cydno Longwing)
10 - Heliconius doris (Doris Longwing)
08 - Heliconius erato (Small Postman)
25 - Heliconius hecale (Tiger Longwing)
22 - Heliconius ismenius (Ismenius Longwing)
20 - Heliconius melpomene (Postman)
18 - Heliconius sapho (Sapho Longwing)
15 - Heraclides anchisiades (Ruby-spotted Swallowtail)
06 - Hypna clytemnestra (Silver-studded Leafwing)
40 - Morpho peleides (Blue Morpho)
15 - Myselia cyaniris (Blue Wave Butterfly)
18 - Nessaea aglaura (Aglaura Olivewing)
08 - Opsiphanes quiteria (Scalloped Owl)
08 - Papilio cresphontes (Giant Swallowtail)
08 - Papilio polyxenes (Black Swallowtail)
09 - Parides iphidamas (Transandean Cattleheart)
12 - Philaethria dido (Scarce Bamboo Page)
14 - Phoebis philea (Orange Barred Sulfur)
04 - Phoebis sennae (Cloudless Sulphur)
14 - Siproeta epaphus (Rusty-tipped Page)
12 - Siproeta stelenes (Malachite)


Total = 536

“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.