Catopsilia crocale (Cramer)

Swezey, O. H., 1942, Lepidoptera, Butterflies of Guam, Insects of Guam I, Honolulu, Hawaii: Bernice P. Biship Museum, pp. 31-38 : 35-36

10. Catopsilia crocale (Cramer) .

Papilio pomona Fabricius , Syst. Ent., 479, 1775.

Papilio crocale Cramer , Pap. Exot. 1: 87, pl. 55, fig. C, D, 1775.

Catopsilia ¡bomona (Fabricius) Kershaw , Butterflies of Hong Kong, 101, pl. 9, figs. 18, 19, 20, pl. 5 a, 1907.

Catopsilia crocale (Cramer) Fruhstorfer , Seitz Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 9: 162- 163, 1910.

Piti, Sept. 19, 20, Oct. 5, 30, Swezey ; Píti, Sept. 30, student at Agricultural School ; Merizo, Oct. 2, Swezey . Mostly reared specimens.

Kershaw considers crocale to be a dimorphic female of pomona . This butterfly is known in Japan, China, and Siam and is widely distributed in British India. It is said to be the commonest butterfly in the East Indies , and its range extends to Australia. It has many variations. It was not previously recorded from Guam. I reared it from green caterpillars on leaves of Cassia grandis and C. fístula. Eggs were found also on the leaves. They are deposited singly. Some of the eggs are parasitized by a trichograrnmatid. Of six eggs collected at Merizo, parasites issued from two eggs, a parasitism of 33 percent. Of 19 eggs at Piti, parasites issued from five eggs, a parasitism of 26 per cent.