A guide to keeping and breeding tropical butterflies focusing on the Zebra Longwing Butterfly, Heliconius Charitonius.
Zebras feed on Passiflora caerulea, Passiflora biflora, Passiflora morifolia and many others.
Eggs: 5 - 7 days
Larvae: 13 - 16 days
Pupae: 8 - 10 days
Adults: 3 - 12 weeks
Daytime Temperature: 22 - 28c ideally 25c
Night Temperature: 10 - 15c ideally 12c
Where to buy:
London Pupae Supplies - oxfly.co.uk
Stratford Butterfly Farm - tropicalbutterflypupae.com
Stuart's Butterflies - stuartsbutterflies.co.uk
Tropical Butterflies UK tropicalbutterflies.co.uk
Feeding
Fruits: banana
Flowers: Lantana, Pentas, Stachytarpheta, Buddleia, Centranthus, Honeysuckle, Verbena.
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