What determines whether an insect pupa proceeds to form a butterfly or enters diapause?

💡 Explanation

When ecdysone triggers pupation. the ratio of ecdysone to juvenile hormone dictates the developmental pathway; sufficient juvenile hormone maintains larval characteristics, but a declining ratio allows metamorphosis to the adult form because it lowers juvenile hormone sensitivity. Therefore butterfly formation results, rather than diapause which needs high hormone levels.

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