Butterfly experts call it the Commen blue butterfly. Although this species is not really blue, only the upper part of the wings is bluish. The overall size of Its body is slightly bigger than the coin of 200s rupiah currency.
Each butterfly lays hundreds of eggs and is spread on young shoots of adjacent plants which often become pests for our commercial crops or ornamental plants.
in 3 to 4 days it will take care of the eggs until they become caterpillars (larvae) then die. Meanwhile, the caterpillars will pupate immediately after hiding behind the base of the leaf stalks.
In less than one week, the cocoons have changed, giving birth to new butterflies almost simultaneously in 1 to 3 days.
In the morning they will come out of their cocoons and gather together to dry their wings in the morning sun. Once their wings are light enough to fly, the male and female butterfly will look for each other to mate with, then each will fly away from each other in search of new spawning grounds – new shoots.
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Setiap satu ekor bertelur ratusan butir dan disebar pada pucuk2 muda tanaman yang saling berdekatan yang seringkali menjadi hama bagi tanaman komersial atau tanaman hias kita.
dalam 3 s/d 4 hari dia akan mengasuh telur2 itu sampai jadi ulat (larva) kemudian dia akan mati. Sementara ulat-ulat itu akan segera menjadi kepompong setelah bersembunyi dibalik pangkal tangkai2 daun.
Kurang dari satu minggu lamanya, kepompong2 tersebut sudah berubah, melahirkan kupu-kupu baru hampir secara serempak dalam waktu 1 s/d 3 hari lamanya.
Pagi hari mereka akan keluar dari kepompongnya dan bergerombol berjemur mengeringkan sayap2nya dibawah sinar matahari pagi. Setelah sayapnya cukup ringan untuk terbang, mereka akan saling mencari pasangan untuk kawin, kemudian masing2 akan terbang saling menjauh satu dengan yang lainnya mencari tempat bertelur baru – pucuk-pucuk baru.
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