Two-tailed  Swallowtail - Great Basin ssp., Pupa -  Papilio  multicaudata multicaudata
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  ADULT  BUTTERFLIES     LARVA
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 Pupa Development
#1 & 2 pupa formed on August 17, 2007

#1 Pupa on September 4, 2007 - ventral
#1 on September 04, 2007

#1 Pupa on September 4, 2007 - lateral
#1 lateral view on September 04, 2007

#1 Pupa on August 20, 2007 - ventral
#1 on August 20, 2007

#1 Pupa on August 20, 2007 - lateral
pupa #1 August 20, 2007 - lateral





Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis
Todd Stout collected larvae July 28, 2007 at 6300 feet, Devil's Gate Narrows, 1.4 miles West Northwest of Johnson Pass, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah..

Pupa
Photos showing development of pupa #1.


Host Plant
Click   CHOKE CHERRY - Prunus virginiana<   for photos and other information

Notes
#1 & 2  larva pupated on  August 17, 2007.  #2 butterfly eclosed in 16 days - September 3, 2007.

Note that photos of the pupa have been oriented sideways to show a larger photo.  They actually pupate with the head up.