Orange barred butterfly

http://butterflies.si.edu/species/OrangeBarredSulphur.html

 Orange barred butterfly Phoebis philea

The orange barred butterfly belongs to the Pieridae family. 

The males are vibrant yellow with a orange segment in the middle of the forewing. The females are white in the wet season and reddish-orange in the dry season, with a black band going along the boarder.  

Its wingspan is 7 to 8cm. The ideal habitat is tropical forests. 

The eggs are white and are laid on shrubs. As the caterpillar hutches it finds the Cassia leaves as they have a huge craving for these leaves. It eats and eat and in this time the caterpillar molts. The caterpillar uses its prolegs which are bristles on the hind legs to hold onto the 'ground' to be stable, to be able to eat it holds the food with the three walking legs.

 

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