Common Eggfly, Great Eggfly, Blue Moon Butterfly
Hypolimnasbolina
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This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions:
Bottenwil, Aargau
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debnes_dfw_tx
Fort Worth, TX (Zone 8a) |
March 2008 |
Positive
Also known as Blue Moon Butterfly in New Zealand, and Common Eggfly many other places.
These beauties fly Madagascar in the west, through to South, Southeast Asia, South Pacific islands (French Polynesia, Tonga, Samoa, Vanuatu) and also occur in parts of Australia, Japan and New Zealand.
They breed on Fleuria interrupta, Sida rhombifolia, Elatostemma cuneatum, Portulaca oleracea, Laportea interrupta, Triumfetta pentandra, and Asystasia species as larval hosts.
These beauties fly Madagascar in the west, through to South, Southeast Asia, South Pacific islands (French Polynesia, Tonga, Samoa, Vanuatu) and also occur in parts of Australia, Japan and New Zealand.
They breed on Fleuria interrupta, Sida rhombifolia, Elatostemma cuneatum, Portulaca oleracea, Laportea interrupta, Triumfetta pentandra, and Asystasia species as larval hosts.
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nifty413
Garland, TX (Zone 8a) |
December 2006 |
Neutral
Colors determined by gender; females sport brown and white tones with no blue on uppersides; males have the distinctive "blue moon" markings on near black background on uppersides.
