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 | |||