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The Emperor Butterfly
What do they look like?
• Adults have dark brown wings with white bands and spots, and a small orange ring on each of the hindwings.
• Males have a wingspan of 7–8 centimetres but females are slightly larger at 8-9cm.
Where do they start?
• The larvae (caterpillars) are green with white and yellow markings, and have two large ‘horns’ at the front end and a smaller one at the back end.
Where do they live?
• They spend most of their lives in the tree canopy, favouring dense and mature woodlands.
• Occasionally females come down to lay eggs and both also come down to drink from puddles or to eat.
Diet
• Emperor butterflies are different to most butterflies in what they eat.
• Instead of eating flowers, they eat the honeydew secreted by leaves, sap oozing from oak trees, and on dung and animal carcasses.
Laying Eggs
• Female butterflies lay eggs on the underside of the sallow leaf.
• When they hatch, the Caterpillars are camouflagedagainst predators.
Life cycle