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Spirogyra Butterfly Garden
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The Spirogyra Butterfly Garden is situated in San Jose, which is the capital city of the country of Costa Rica. The garden is often termed as the green oasis of Costa Rica. The Spirogyra Butterfly Garden makes us aware of the role of the butterflies in maintaining the balance of the environment. This is the only garden in the entire country that offers the butterflies a natural habitat for their existence.
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The Spirogyra Butterfly Garden contains two varieties of plants that are planted for implementing and executing the whole life cycle of the butterflies. The host plants are included in that category of the plants on which the butterflies lay eggs. Another type of plants known as the flowering plants is for the adults to rest on.
The Passiflora biflora belongs to that category which acts as the nectar of the butterflies of Heliconius charitoneus, Heliconius erato and many other categories. Passiflora vitifolia is the host to the butterflies of Heliconius cydno and Heliconius hecale. Aritolochia gives support to the kind of butterflies known as Parides Photinus and Parides Iphidamas. Heliconia sp is the nectar of the butterflies like Caligo eurolochius, Caligo atreus and Caligo Memnom. Cassia tonduzzii is the plant which provides support to the yellow butterflies. The butterflies lay their eggs on the leaves, specially at the borders. The eggs look like white small scales.
The Spirogyra Butterfly Garden offers about one thousand and
two hundred varieties of moths butterflies. The butterflies
and moths are in the Lepidoptera genre of insects. The three
categories of the butterflies which are the most important of
all the categories are Pierdae, Nymphalidae and Papilonidae.
The Pierdae are of yellow and white color. The Nymphalidae are
noted for their first pair of legs that are reduced. These legs
are used mainly by the females for recognizing the host plants.
The Papilonidae are known for flapping their wings during their
sipping of the nectar.
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