Great Mormon
Papiliomemnon
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debnes_dfw_tx
Fort Worth, TX (Zone 8a) |
March 2008 |
Positive
Not only do the mormon female butterflies have many color forms, the males will usually breed with several females.. thus they are quite appropriately named.
The caterpillars are reared on plants of Rutaceae...
The caterpillars are reared on plants of Rutaceae...
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fly_girl
The Woodlands, TX (Zone 8b) |
February 2007 |
Positive
There can be up to 7 color forms of the female, only one for the male. Victorian collectors called them Mormons. The female forms mimic various distasteful species and may avoid being eaten by birds.
