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Scientific Name: Kricogonia lyside
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Diet: Caterpillars feed on plants in the Zygophyllaceae family. Adults feed on flowers from mangrove and shepherd?s needle
Vegetation Association: Habitat is tropical scrub lowlands and dry forests.
Predators:
Life Stages: Complete metamorphosis; egg, larva, pupa, adult.
Notes: Young caterpillars feed and shed their skin, or molt. The final molt produces the pupa, and then the butterfly rests. Once free of the chrysalis, fluid from its body is pumped into its wings, the wings then are allowed to dry before it flies away to look for food and a mate. Caterpillars hide in bark crevices during the day and come out to feed at night. Adults sometimes make huge migrations.
Photo: To be added.
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