Papilio liomedon also lays clutches in stacks. T. R. Bell observed and described this over a century ago and i think susanth has good pictures. P. liomedon is related to P. demolion, so that's no particular surprise. i wonder how P. gigon lays eggs, that also seems to be very closely related to P. demolion-liomedon.
i will check whether Bell describes the stacked eggs of C. thais, he probably does because he observed its life-cycle closely. At 3:05 AM +0000 8/30/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Has anybody documented the Tamil Yeoman's >(Cirrochroa thais) apparently remarkable >juvenile biology? If not, this important >information needs to be recorded and then >published. Attached are Internet photos of >other butterflies having this very rare behavior >of laying eggs in long "stacks". > >Keith > >From: balakrishnan valappil ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: butterfly india ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [ButterflyIndia] More Tamil Yeomon eggs! >Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:35:53 +0000 > >Thank you Baby for the wonderful shots! >I have seen yeomon laying eggs last november in >nilambur and photographed atleast five different >stacks of eggs one of them had a live very >small insect moving around(see one of the pics) >possibly feeding on it(?) and one stack was >fallen and had a different colour and I >collected two of them carefully,tried my >levelbest to preserve them but none of the >eggs hatched! > >balakrishnan valappil > > > >Attachment converted: Macintosh HD:Papilio >demolion (Southeast.jpg (JPEG/«IC») (003786FB) >Attachment converted: Macintosh HD:Araschnia >levana (Europe. A.jpg (JPEG/«IC») (003786FC) >Attachment converted: Macintosh HD:Hamadryas >amphinome (Centra.jpg (JPEG/«IC») (003786FD) -- Krushnamegh Kunte ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Doctoral Student (Gilbert and Juenger Labs) Postal Address: 2401 W. 24th St (and Speedway) Patterson Laboratories, Room 442 Section of Integrative Biology University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 78712-1095, USA Office: (512) 471-8240 Cell: (512) 577-1370 Fax: (512) 471-3878 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Academic Website: http://www.bio.utexas.edu/grad/krushnamegh/Moorings/AcademicsHome.htm General Website: http://www.bio.utexas.edu/grad/krushnamegh/Moorings/index.htm --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Enjoy -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
