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Cloudless Sulphur -- Phoebis sennae


Female
Tucson, Pima County -- 8/07


Egg on Longpod Senna (Senna leptocarpa) (no enlargement)


Late instar caterpillar


Preparing to pupate
The transition from caterpillar to pupa takes approximately 24 hrs.


Chrysalis
Pupation time varies. This butterfly eclosed in 7 days.


 



 

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Range: entire state
Flight: most of the year in the south
Larval foodplant: Senna (Cassia) sp., Pea Family (Fabaceae)
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