How does southern festoon overwinter?

The pupae stay linked to a support by a silk belt for wintering and the new adults hatch the next spring.

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Scientific Classification

Phylum

Arthropods

Class

Bugs

Order

Moths and butterflies

Family

Swallowtail butterflies

Genus

Zerynthia

Species

Southern festoon (Zerynthia polyxena)

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