Limenitis arthemis [Red spotted purple] Drury

  

Nymphalidae

Host Plant: Willow, Swamp Poplar (in photos)

General description:

Other Images:
Determined by: Gentry

 

 

Life Size

 

 

Time as pupae and rearing results:
Host plants in database: Salix sp. (Willow), NAME (Swamp Poplar)
Parasitoids and predators:
Observations and comments: The larvae of this species are difficult to distingush in the field from other larvae in the genus Limenitis (Which is why we are using the same pictures). There is a simple key in Howe 1975 to the larvae of the three species.
Location of Vouchers: Tulane University

References:
Howe 1975

 
Collected: Honey Island Swamp Wildlife Management Area