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The female butterfly goes from plant to plant, laying a single egg at a time on top of a leaf, which it holds onto with its legs, and flies off as soon as the egg is laid. The egg is round, light yellowish in colour, flattened at the base, smooth-surfaced, and about 1.5 mm in height.
Jul 11, 2023 · Egg: The journey begins when the female lime butterfly lays down her host plant-specific spherical yellow to green eggs, typically numbering up to 100, on the leaves of preferred citrus plants such as Murraya koenigii and Citrus x aurantiifolia. Single eggs are laid in multiple places to increase survival chances of the offspring.
- Orange-tip (pictured above) Description: Greenish-white when first laid, but turn bright orange in a few days. Where: Eggs are laid beneath the calyx or on a stalk of cuckooflower, garlic mustard.
- Large white. Description: The yellow skittle-shaped eggs are laid directly on the food plant (rather than on top of other eggs) in batches of 40 to 100 eggs, resulting in an organised egg mass.
- Brimstone. Description: Although several eggs may be found together, this is either the result of different females, or the same female revisiting the same spot.
- Speckled wood. Description: The spherical eggs are very light green in colour are laid singly, sometimes in pairs, on the underside of a leaf of the foodplant.
Nov 5, 2011 · A mating pair of the Lime Butterfly. The eggs of the Lime Butterfly are laid singly on the young stem, the petiole or the underside of leaves of the host plant. The egg is pale creamy yellow with a finely roughened surface. It is nearly spherical with a diameter of about 1.1-1.2mm.
Papilio polytes eggs are globular and a pale yellow. As they age, the eggs become light brown. The appearance of common mormon eggs is similar to the eggs of common lime butterflies, to the point that distinguishing the eggs of these two species is difficult.
Nov 27, 2012 · Lime Butterfly (Papilio demoleus malayanus) lay her eggs singly on the young leaves of the host plant (various Citrus species). The egg has a round shape and measuring about 1mm in diameter. Its color changes from white (transparent) to yellowish and then brown with the passage of time.
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Lime Butterfly. The butterfly is black with large yellow markings on the uppersides. The underside is predominantly yellow with black markings. The Lime Butterfly is a common butterfly in Singapore, and can be found as often around urban areas as well as parks, gardens and on the fringes of the nature areas.
