a sexually mature female butterfly lays her eggs on the leaves of plants The eggs enter a growth phase until they are ready to hatch as caterpillars Each caterpillar forms a chrysalis (pupa ...

By rearing the subspecies Dira clytus clytus in controlled conditions, the researchers documented the butterfly's complete life cycle, from egg to adult. Two distinct pupation and adult emergence ...

Butterflies also go through a lot of changes during their life cycle. The female butterfly lays her eggs ... it begins to make itself into a pupa or chrysalis. It builds itself a cocoon to hide ...

By rearing the subspecies Dira clytus clytus in controlled conditions, the researchers documented the butterfly's complete life cycle, from egg to adult. Two distinct pupation and adult emergence ...