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![]() ![]() Eggs are laid in three or four piles, up to 250 pieces each. First - generation butterflies are the most prolific. ![]() Fecundity varies from 300 to 1700 eggs, sometimes more than 2000. Females start laying eggs 1-3 days after the flight. Butterfly flight is observed from May to the end of October. It feeds on cotton, alfalfa, sugar beet, corn, tobacco, peanuts, sesame, soy, tomatoes, potatoes, peas, turnips, eggplants, watermelons, clover, sainfoin, young citrus, apple, quince, grapes, oak plantings, elms, yellow acacia, chrysanthemums, tea. The list of forage plants includes 185 species from 50 families. ![]()
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