http://10.70.15.71/taxonomy/term/24/0 en http://10.70.15.71/butterfly/Celastrina/ladon_echo <p>Common to abundant at all but the Sacramento Valley sites and Castle Peak, where near its altitudinal limit. Formerly occurred at North Sacramento, but now <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/3#term111"><acronym title="When an organism that had been formerly been present at a site is presumed to be completely absent. If the organism is no longer found anywhere, it is “globally extinct”.">extinct</acronym></a> (?). A devout mud puddler (males only); both sexes visit many flowers, especially <i>Ceanothus</i> and California Buckeye, both of which are hosts of the larvae. There is little variation in our area; second <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/3#term86"><acronym title="The description of how many broods (generations) per year a particular butterfly species produces at any one location. A butterfly with one generation per year is “univoltine”. Butterflies with two generations per year are called “bivoltine” and those with more than two are generally referred to as “multivoltine”.">brood</acronym></a> specimens are larger and brighter. Two broods in the foothills (January-April, May-July) and one at and above 5000' (May-July). Hosts include Ceanothus <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/3#term169"><acronym title="The primary unit of classification below genus under the Linnaean system. For our purposes, groups of interbreeding or potentially interbreeding populations of individuals that share an evolutionary history and ancestry. However, there is significant debate on what exactly constitutes a species and many definitions and concepts have been proposed. The most common of these is the biological species concept, which requires that sets of populations must be able to successfully and regularly interbreed and produce viable, fertile offspring.">species</acronym></a>, California Buckeye, and the shrubby Dogwoods (<i>Cornus</i>); larvae feed on buds, flowers and young fruit. Many other supposed hosts have been recorded, mostly poorly documented. This is often the first butterfly to appear at any given site that does not hibernate as an <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/3#term82"><acronym title="The breeding, final, and most conspicuous stage of the Lepidoptera multistage life cycle. Sometimes called the “imago”. The lifespan of adult butterflies ranges from a few weeks to several months, depending on species and environment.">adult</acronym></a>.</p> Celastrina Sun, 28 May 2006 18:09:36 +0000 admin 34 at http://10.70.15.71