Talk:Hypolimnas misippus

Assessment comment
Substituted at 20:01, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi! I am posting here as part of a Behavioral Ecology class, hoping to improve several pages in the Lepidoptera WikiProject.

This species of butterfly is very cool because the females are polymorphic and can take multiple forms including male-like forms. As well, some females can appear like other toxic butterflies which we have learned in class would benefit the species from escaping predation. One strength of this page is the amount of detail in describing the appearances of the males and polymorphic forms of the females. My one comment is that some of the descriptions are in phrase-form rather than in complete sentences. The page is rated as low-importance and C-class. I agree with the C-class rating because several key behavioral categories are lacking. The “Life cycle” section again gives details about the appearances at different phases (with great pictures!), but I would be interested in learning about other components of the cycle including feeding and breeding. An editor in the talk section agrees and mentions the need for a section on “breeding season” and “food choices.” Especially because the females can take on male-forms, a category on mating habits would be very valuable. The ability for this butterfly to mimic other species is very unique and should be expanded upon to include common predators.