Zebra Longwing Butterfly Heliconius Charitonius - Keeping & Breeding Tropical Butterflies
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- 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.
They’re so beautiful 😍
Can we pleas get more of there video's? Would love to see more about the morpho, white morpho and many more
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Great video :)
What would be good to know is the amount of vines needed. Under my roof window is a vine which is about 20 meter long (if all vines put together) and I'm not sure if 10 caterpillars for example would chow it down in their cycle.
Do you know if these or other Heliconius will feed on Passiflora tarminiana (mollissima), edulis/flavicarpa)?
I believe Dryas julia, Agraulis vanillae and Dione juno will accept edulis. Erato are supposed to take edulis too, but they haven't shown any interest in my edulis plants previously. Agraulis will accept mollissima but im not sure if any others will.
What is the name of the butterfly that has a streak of red on it? Also have you ever had the caterpillars turn a brownish color? (Not talking about the beige color before they form chrysalis) I have a couple with a brownish color and I wonder if they are sick.
The butterflies with red are the Postman, Heliconius melpomene. If you have some larvae mixed in with the zebras which are brown then they might be Gulf Fritillary larvae. These also lay on Passiflora, but their larvae are more brown/orange.
@@TropicalButterfliesUK Sadly they started out white and Then got a frosted brown look like they had been lightly toasted like a marshmellow. Anyway, one died in the bottom of the cage and I removed the other and put him in the freezer. Everyone else is good so far. Fingers crossed (: !