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Establishment of the Successive Rearing System of Brush-footed Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)  

Seol, Kwang-Youl (Department of Agricultural Biology, National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology)
Kim, Nam-Jung (Department of Agricultural Biology, National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology)
Hong, Seong-Jin (Department of Agricultural Biology, National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology)
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Korean journal of applied entomology / v.44, no.4, 2005 , pp. 257-264 More about this Journal
Abstract
In order to establish the successive rearing system brush-footed butterflies (Lepidoptera : Nymphalidae) were reared in a room. Artificial diets were developed for a year-round rearing. Bu-diet was best to rear these butterflies among 3 kinds of diet used. The freeze-dried host plant leaf powder in diet was better than heat-dried one $(60^{\circ}C)$ in the growth of larvae. The rearing results were best in the diet C/N ratio was 1:1. The 24-hrs old eggs could be stored for 5 days at $15^{\circ}C$ or for 3 days at $5^{\circ}C$ and showed 75% of hatchability. On the other hand, pupae could be stored for maximum 15 days at $15^{\circ}C$ because the emergence of abnormal adults appeared much more as the cold storage period got longer. And the adult was able to be stored until 60 days at refrigerator without relation of nectar-sucking period before cold-storage and storage temperature. Also a simple artificial ovipositing kit was devised by ${\Phi}9$ cm of petri-dish and a female oviposited $278{\pm}27$ of eggs with adding the ether extract of host plant to this kit. The systematic successive rearing method of brush-footed butterflies in a room was completed.
Keywords
Brush-footed butterflies; Successive rearing; Artificial diet; C/N ratio; Cold storage period; Ovipositing kit;
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