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NOTES ON THE LIFE HISTORIES OF THREE FLORIDIAN BUTTERFLIES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Ralph L. Chermock  and
Ottilie D. Chermock
Ralph L. Chermock
Affiliation:
University of Alabama.
Ottilie D. Chermock
Affiliation:
University of Alabama.
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While collecting butterflies in southern Florida, we were successful in rearing many of the native species. In checking through the literature, no data could be found on the early stages of three of these, although d'Almeida and Costa Lima have published some notes on the metamorphosis of the Brazilian subspecies of Appias drusilla. It was thought, therefore, that it might be helpful to other Lepidopterists if we were to note our observations on the life histories of these butterflies.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 79 , Issue 7-8 , August 1947 , pp. 142 - 144
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1947

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References

1. Revisao do genero Appias (subgen. Glutophrissa Butl.) Bol. Biologica, San Paulo. vol. 4, pp. 56–57, 1939. Describes the life history and records the foodplant as Capparis cynophalophora.

2. Terceiro Catalogo dos Insectos que vivem nas Plantas do Brazil, p. 227, Rio de Janiero. 1936. Records the larvae as feeding on Capparis citing d'Almeida. and also “em Cruciferae e em Cassia sericea. (Biol.v. prittw., 1865;).” In checking the latter reference, we have been unable to find any mention of the life history of this species.