Abstract

PENA-BERMUDEZ, Y. A  and  RODRIGUEZ-AGUILAR, D. SOME ASPECTS ABOUT CONTROLLED BREEDING Ascia monuste monuste (Lepidoptera: Pieridae: Pierinae) IN THE ARBELAEZ TOWN (CUNDINAMARCA). Rev. Med. Vet. Zoot. [online]. 2015, vol.62, n.3, pp.58-74. ISSN 0120-2952.  https://doi.org/10.15446/rfmvz.v62n3.54942.

Several studies have shown some features about the life cycle of the butterfly Ascia monuste monuste (Linnaeus, 1764) emphasizing on its role and ecological relationships in the ecosystem which this specie inhabits. Simultaneously, valuable information from those studies have been used in order to generate guidelines and suitable strategies to define it real zootechnical potential due to the increasing demand of this kind of products from specialized markets. In the paper, an animal farming model was established in: 1. Controlled environment (ev situ CON) and 2. Natural conditions (in situ NAT), evaluated the effect of environmental conditions (temperature and relative humidity - RH), culture practices (host and nutritious plants, predators and survival at different ages of the life cycle). Under ev situ CON environment (23 °C, RH: 72%), the individuals were able to reproduce and these conditions were founded as optimal for life cycle development of the specie. A higher mortality was observed in NAT environment (CON, 42.8% vs NAT, 60.7%, p < 0.05) from egg to caterpillar stage. No differences (p < 0.05) were founded in survival during the transitions from caterpillar to pupa stage, the same from pupa to adult butterfly stage. In overall, ev situ CON environment showed less mortality along the specie life than the in situ NAT conditions (33.4% vs. 51.1%). Conversely, life cycle in in situ NAT conditions was better than controlled conditions: 26.2 and 27.2 days respectively. According to results obtained in this study, it is concluded that farming of A. monuste monuste is feasible under controlled environmental conditions.

Keywords : animal farming; life cycle; handling; survival.

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