Goldrim or Polydamas Swallowtail Butterfly;
Battus polydamus

Visit -- www.Butterfliesetc.com-- for Your Living Butterfly Needs
Butterfly Fun Facts     www.Butterflyfunfacts.com
About Shady Oak Butterfly Farm  |   Facebook  |  Contact Us  |  Ask Edith  |  Videos  |  Newsletter  |  All Site Pages  | 

Lifecycles

 Lifecycle Facts

 Raising Butterflies

 Free Downloads

 Butterfly Identification

 Butterfly Parasitoids

 Butterfly Enemies

 Butterfly Disease

 Butterfly Plants

 Plant Pests

Butterfly Gardening

 FAQ

 Odds and Ends

 Ask Edith

 Butterfly Plant Recipes

Gold Rim Swallowtail also called Polydamas Swallowtail
Battus polydamus
The Gold Rim Swallowtail's host or larval food plants are pipevines. The Gold Rim and the Pipevine Swallowtails are very particular about the species of Pipevine their caterpillars eat.
Feeding the wrong pipevine to a caterpillar can cause its death.
Calico Vine, Aristolochia elegans, is easy to grow and is a host plant for Gold Rim Swallowtail caterpillars.
Gold Rim or Polydamas Swallowtail butterfly (Battus polydamus)
Gold Rim or Polydamas Swallowtail butterfly (Battus polydamus)
Eggs of Gold Rim or Polydamas Swallowtail butterfly (Battus polydamus)
The Gold Rim is the only 'tailless' swallowtail in the United States.
Beautiful from the side, a Gold Rim drinks nectar from Lantana.
Gold Rim eggs are green/yellow. (Pipevine eggs are burgundy.)
Gold Rim or Polydamas Swallowtail butterfly (Battus polydamus) caterpillar larva
Gold Rim or Polydamas Swallowtail butterfly (Battus polydamus) caterpillar larva
Gold Rim or Polydamas Swallowtail butterfly (Battus polydamus) caterpillar larva
Hatchlings cluster as they
feed upon pipevine.
A microscope takes a look at hatchling Gold Rim caterpillars.
The osmeterium of Gold Rim
larvae are yellow.
Gold Rim or Polydamas Swallowtail butterfly (Battus polydamus) caterpillar larva
Gold Rim or Polydamas Swallowtail butterfly (Battus polydamus) burgundy caterpillar larva
Gold Rim or Polydamas Swallowtail butterfly (Battus polydamus) burgundy caterpillar larva
Two Gold Rim caterpillars share the remains of the same leaf.
Gold Rim caterpillars eat the tender stems (vines) of their host plants.
Gold Rim Swallowtail caterpillars have a golden band above their head. Pipevine caterpillars do not.
Gold Rim or Polydamas Swallowtail butterfly (Battus polydamus) green chrysalis pupa
Gold Rim or Polydamas Swallowtail butterfly (Battus polydamus) brown chrysalis pupa
Gold Rim or Polydamas Swallowtail butterfly (Battus polydamus) green chrysalis pupa
If it pupates near green leaves it usually becomes a green chrysalis.
If it pupates near something dead, in darkness, or near something brown, it will ususally become a brown chrysalis.
Gold Rim and Pipevine chrysalises resemble. The Gold Rim chrysalis has a band across its head.
Gold Rim or Polydamas Swallowtail butterfly (Battus polydamus) caterpillar is burgundy / brown. Their green - yellow - gold eggs are laid on pipevine plants. These butterflies are found in only a few of the United States.
www.ForButterflies.org
Association for Butterflies
www.ButterfliesEtc.com
Butterfly eggs, larvae, and pupae
Butterflies for Release



All photographs on this site are copyright protected.
For permission to use any photo, please contact Edith Smith at Shady Oak Butterfly Farm.

Email edith@buyabutterfly.com
Shady Oak Butterfly Farm    Toll free 877-485-2458    12876 SW CR 231 Brooker, Fl 32622     Stephen & Edith Smith

Located 45 minutes from the Butterfly Rainforest Exhibit at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida