Callippe Fritillary
Speyeria callippe
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Ovum  -  August 23 2014
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2013 - Ova

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First Instars began emerging 20 July  2013 - 2 mm
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#1 & 2 First Instars out of hibernation on 5 June 2014
2 mm long on 7 June 2014
first instars

#2 Second Instar 3 mm on June 20, 2014
2nd instar


#1 Third instar 5 mm  on June 20, 2014

3rd instar

#1  on 23 June 2014, set to molt
callippe

#1 on 23 June 2014

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Fourth Instar  July 5, 2014 - 12 mm long

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Fourth Instar  July 5, 2014 - 12 mm long

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Photo Details - ŠNicky Davis
Les and Nicky Davis located female August 10, 2014 meadow along the road below Guardsman Pass, Salt Lake County, UtahShe laid 91 ova on August 15th, 26 on 18 August, 40 on 20 August, 12 on August 22, 25 on 23 August for a total of 194.  Most were oviposited on the paper bag.





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  Les and Nicky Davis located female July 1, 2013, Guardsman Pass, Salt Lake County, Utah - Elevation 9088 feet.
Female nectared  and rested from July 1 to July 9, 2013 before ovipositing.

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Female oviposited 47 ova on 9 July, 2013 .  She used both the paper of the bag and dried stems, leaves and flowers of Viola nephrophylla.
Female oviposited 20 ova on 10 July, 2013
Ova began emerging on 20 July 2013

#2 Molted to Second instar 20 June 2014
#1 Molted to Third instar 24 June 2014
Larva on 7 July 2014, 12 mm long,   Fourth Instar
The callippe didn't go through the rest of  the life cycle, maybe because they were started on nephrophylla which they didn't accept well.  They didn't seem to want to eat the purpurea  either.  There is another violet in that area, the viola nuttalli, which may be what would have been more acceptable to them.
 
Per  Butterflies of Cascadia, keep first instars at 70-80 F and 30-40% relative humidity for 2-4 weeks before putting them in overwintering conditions.  Mist once a week.  Overwinter them at 70 to 85 or 90 percent humidity.

After coming out of diapause, they were given viola nyphrophylla but ate only nibbled on it a little bit.   I then changed to Viola purpurea and they seemed to feed on that somewhat better. However, none of these made it  to the pupa stage.

Host Plant
Violets
 
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