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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Oct 4.
Published in final edited form as: Exp Gerontol. 2007 Feb 3;42(6):472–482. doi: 10.1016/j.exger.2007.01.008

Table 2.

Life span of 31 species of fruit-feeding butterflies collected from the field in a large group cage at veranda in Kibale NP. Sensoring refers to escapes and eaten by nocturnal animal.

genus species sex N max mean median sensored max:
Charaxes brutus 1 29 29 29
candiope 8 60 34 37 Yes
cynthia 4 32 16.25 15.5
etheocles 5 6 3.8 4
fuvescens 142 82 20.1 18.5
pollux 6 25 11.7 7.5
bipunctatus both 25 37 11.7 7
bipunctatus f 7 26 12.7 9
bipunctatus m 18 37 11.3 6.5
numenes both 16 44 22.5 25.5
numenes f 5 33 14.2 7
numenes m 11 44 26.7 26
tiridates 13 57 22.8 24
Euxanthe crossleyi 5 24 19 19
Euphaedra alacris both 69 68 13.6 9
alacris f 36 59 11.7 7.5
alacris m 33 68 15.7 10
christyi 9 7 4.1 4
eusemoides 4 34 13 9
medon both 54 67 11.3 4
medon f 23 67 10.2 4
medon m 31 57 12 5
preussi 5 19 8.8 6
spatiosa 22 61 19.4 15.5
uganda 12 32 11.8 9.5
edwardsi 7 37 19 21
Aterica galene 7 29 17.3 16
Kallimoides rumia 20 30 6.9 4
Cymothoe herminia 35 25 7.7 6
hobarti 6 11 5 5
lurida both 51 38 6.2 5
lurida f 24 38 7.9 5
lurida m 27 11 4.6 5
Harma theobene 15 25 7.7 5
Pseudacraea lucretia 27 23 5.5 3
Protogoniomorpha parhassus 1 24 24
Gnophodes chelys both 39 60 12.5 11 Yes
chelys f 14 60 17.3 12 Yes
chelys m 25 40 9.7 4
grogani 8 15 6 4.5
Bicyclus golo f 1 96 96
graueri 5 29 18 25
Melanitis leda 2 26 15.5