Species Reproduction
Butterflies Morpho
Nymohalidae belongs to the family, subfamily Morphinae, morphini tribe, with a wing LENGTH 40 to 87 mm. Butterflies often iridescent colors, the eggs are hemispherical and the female gets lonely in the beam of the leaves, although in South America, in some species of the genus Morpho lay eggs in groups. The larvae are colorful, with brushes of red and white hairs to dorso.Los adults feed on rotting fruit, peel and fermented fluids vines, fungi and carroña.Esta tribe found in the neotropics and comprises 41 species. In Costa Rica is home to 10 species.
Known as the blue butterfly host plant in native forests are trees and chaperno cocobolo is also possible to place them in trees pore. Butterfly is a median of about 10 inches long.
Butterflies Caligo
Corresponding to the family Nymphalidae, subfamily and tribe Morphinae Brassolini, with a wing length of 29 to 91 mm. Crepuscular diurnal butterflies. Some species are large in size as the caligo. The eggs are round and smooth or ornamented puts the female solitary or in groups. The larvae are smooth with forked tail and have a prothoracic gland that produces evers formic acid, an unpleasant odor that repels predators only feed on rotting fruit and carrion.
Caligo Opsiphanes genres and are pests in banana plantations and oil palm. This tribe is found in the neotropics and comprises 93 species. In 24 species inhabit Costa Rica.
Butterfly native to the Costa Rican Caribbean, their host plants are traditional Musa, highlighting the banana, plantain, banana and more. Butterfly is a medium of more than 10 inches in length.
Papilio Thoas
Corresponding to the family Papilionidae, which are butterflies of large to very large size. Females lay eggs in this family lonely, except in some species of the genus Battus and Heracles who put them in groups. The larvae have a gland in the prothorax (osmeterio) emanating isobutyric acid which repels potential predators such as ants and parasitoids.
Adults often feed on nectar, mud, wet sand, salt deposits and carrion. It consists of three families of which is the only Papilioninae present in Costa Rica with 41 species. Unique butterfly shape, their host plants are traditional among other piperaceace plants. It is a large butterfly over 10 inches long.
Ophsifanis tamarindis
Corresponding to the family Nymphalidae, subfamily and tribe Morphinae Brassolini, with a wing length of 29 to 91 mm. Crepuscular diurnal butterflies. Some species are large in size as the caligo.
The eggs are round and smooth or ornamented puts the female solitary or in groups. The larvae are smooth with forked tail and have a prothoracic gland that produces evers formic acid, an unpleasant odor that repels predators only feed on rotting fruit and carrion. Caligo Opsiphanes genres and are pests in banana plantations and oil palm. This tribe is found in the neotropics and comprises 93 species. In 24 species inhabit Costa Rica.
Butterfly native to the Costa Rican Caribbean, their host plants Musaceae traditional sun, highlighting the banana, plantain, banana and more. It's a relatively small butterfly does not exceed 5 inches in length.
Confusas
Of the family Nymphalidae Subfamily Charaxinae, full-bodied butterflies colorful and fast flight. The length of the wing varies between 25 and 60 mm. The upper wing surface has an attractive color and the ventral surface is cryptic about the dried leaves and bark.
Eggs are usually smooth and globular. The larvae have one or two pairs of cephalic horns and tail bifida. In the early stages, the larvae eat almost entirely the leaf lamina leaving the central nerve used as a place to rest, in the two latter stages stick with silk leaf margins and form a tube where they rest. Adults feed on carrion, feces of mammals, fungi, and rotting fruit.
This subfamily is found throughout the tropics and reaches the temperate regions of North America, Europe, China and South Australia. It contains about 400 species in 28 genera. In 53 species inhabit Costa Rica. Very colorful butterfly stands out for its intense orange color, their host plants are traditional Targu trees. It's a relatively small butterfly does not exceed 3 inches in length.
Siproeta
Belongs to the family Nymphalidae, species Kallimini Nymphalinae subspecies. Butterflies of varying sizes, from small to large. They also have a variety in color and pattern of the wings.
LFemales lay eggs singly or in groups and these are spherical, conical or barrel shaped. The larvae may have humps, bumps, spines or filaments and abundant fleshy mushrooms secondary. They are solitary or gregarious and construct silken shelters and leaves of host plants.
This family is found worldwide except in Antarctica and the Arctic and includes one third of all diurnal species with about 6000 species. In Costa Rica, live 460 species and 59 species of the subfamily Nymphalinae.
Butterfly singular beauty that develops naturally on the farm where it is located TRINITY the butterfly, has not yet been possible to reproduce in captivity, but is likely to have the chance to see if you make a walk on our trails, their host plants are traditional Targu trees. It's a relatively small butterfly does not exceed 5 inches long
