Hi,
I would need your help to direct this email who has knowledge about the below spiece of butterfly, Expert Insight website.
Common Name : Plain Nawab
Scientific Name: Polyura hebe plautus
Family : Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Charaxinae
Discovered by : Butler in 1866 (the species ‘hebe’) and Fruhstorfer in 1898 (the subspecies ‘plautus’)
Polymorphism : No
I currently have 3 chysalis and 1 i the 5th Instar stage at my home. I found them during a walk in XXXX on the Red Saga plant which is still a young short plant. I think they should emerged into butterflies in another 10 days time. I would like to ensure their survival and I would like to know if I need to release them back to the hosting plant, Red Saga or just in the garden where there is abundance of flowering plants?
I would really appreciate it if you could advise me on this.
Thank you.
Regards
Yeo
From The Butterfly Guys Dear Yeo,
In general, you should release them back to the place where you found the pupae. Releasing them in a garden with abundance of flowering plants could be a last resort provided the garden is near a well wooded park with Saga plants.
Regards
BG
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