金斑喙凤蝶成虫的交配和取食行为观察

Observations on Copulatory and Predatory Behaviors of Adult of Teinopalpus aureus Mell

1997年～ 1999年在广西大瑶山对金斑喙凤蝶 (Teinopalpus aureus Mell)的成虫交配和取食行为进行观察 ,结果发现 :雌雄成虫交配前快速相互追逐直飞高空达 10 0 0 m～ 15 0 0 m,然后突然双双俯冲而下 ;交配时雌雄生殖器相互对接 ,历时 0 .5 h～ 3h;交配后雌成虫取食蜜露 (如蜂蜜稀释液 ) ,第 7天开始产卵 ,第 8天死亡 ;雄成虫交配后不取食 ,第 5天死亡。

Observations were taken in Dayaoshan area of Guangxi in the period of 1997 to 1999,for copulatory and predatory behaviors of adult male & female of Teinopalpus aureus Mell first class protected animal in China.Before copulation, the females and males chase each other erectly up to about 1 000 m^1 500 m in height, then dive. When copulation is done, females' and males' reproductive organs connect tail to tail for 0 5 h～3 h of their copulation. The female adult siphoned nectar like diluted honey and layed eggs on the seventh day of post copulation and died on the eighth day.The male adult ate nothing after their copulation and died on the fifth day of post copulation.