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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Swallowtails, Parnassians (Papilionidae) » Papilioninae » Birdwings, Cattlehearts and Aristolochia Swallowtails (Troidini) » Battus » Pipevine Swallowtail - Hodges#4157 (Battus philenor)
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Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly Chrysalis - Battus philenor
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Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly Chrysalis - Battus philenor
Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA
September 2, 2017
This shows a couple of the shades of Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly Chrysalis.
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Contributed by butterflygal.am on 2 September, 2017 - 6:03pm
Last updated 6 February, 2019 - 2:02pm

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Moved from Butterflies and Skippers.
… john and jane balaban, 6 February, 2019 - 2:02pm login or register to post comments

Pipevine swallowtail chrysalis
Do you know why the colors of the chrysalises vary? Does this relate to gender, or to the age of the cacoons?
… Jatai, 6 September, 2017 - 10:09am login or register to post comments

 
Chrysalis Colors
They are a different color when they first change but when they harden, their colors set to a few different colors. It is thought they are preprogrammed to turn the colors of leaves and branches that would be the color of the stems and dying leaves as well as the mature leaves of their host plants so that they would blend with the colors of that plant. They will usually start their change on a color that will coincide with the color they change to. The colors do not signify age or gender. Although you will see the color of the butterfly through all chrysalis when they are getting ready to eclose (emerge).
… butterflygal.am, 6 September, 2017 - 7:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Color of Chrysalis
That's really interesting. Thanks for the info. We're currently watching a few pipevine swallowtail chrysalises over here.
… Jatai, 7 September, 2017 - 10:16am login or register to post comments

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