This study was conducted to investigate exact life cycle and Parnassius bremeri’s response to heat shock stress from 2012 to 2016 in Holoce Ecosystem Conservation Research Institution through captive breeding. About 16 days(15.7±0.3days) later embryo in eggs were developed as pharate first instar and the eggs of Parnassius bremeri possessed the ability to undergo an extended aestivation hosting a fully developed pharate 1st instar larvae within the chorion. Pharate 1st instar in egg hatched from late in November to early in December about 194 days(194.3±1.1days) later. All pharate 1st instar in egg and out of egg survived at 25℃, 35℃. In case of 45℃ survival rate of pharate 1st instar in an egg (93.8±6.3%) was significantly higher than those (22.2±10%) of pharate 1st instar out of an egg. All was dead at 47.5, 50, 52.5 and 55℃.

Egg SCP ( –47.2 ±1.0℃) of Red-spotted Apollo butterfly, Parnassius bremeri, was lower than larva(–35.0 ±0.9℃). The difference (12℃) between egg and larva was revealed by chorion through scanning electron microscope (COXEM EM-30, Korea). But considering of about 6 months’ pharate 1st instar in egg from June to November, function of egg seems not to be overwintering mechanism but rather estivation. In order to identify estivation function of chorion heat stress was carried out. Experiment was conducted on the 4 conditions such as high temperatures of 25, 35, 45 and 55 °C for 2 hour, then allowed them to recover at 25 °C for 1 hour. Total 65 samples 0f 31 eggs and 34 pharate 1st instar out of an egg were used and replicated 3 times. All pharate 1st instar in egg and pharate 1st instar out of egg survived at 25℃ and 35℃. In case of 45℃ survival rate of pharate 1st instar in an egg (91.6±3.5%) was significantly higher than those (37.8±9.4%) of pharate 1st instar out of an egg. All was dead at 55℃.

Actias artemis is a members of the family Saturniidae, also known as wild silkmoths, have impressive color and size. In 2012, estimation of Actias artemis (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) abundance in HECRI was conducted using the mark-release-recapture (MRR) method (Jolly, 1965) from mid to late May. Seven sampling events were accomplished from 19 May, 21 May, 22 May, 24 May, 26 May, 28 May and on 30 May, during the main flight of the species. Marking was made by writing numbers in the hind wing of each individual moths. Most collections were undertaken by a team of experienced four or six researches of HECRI using light trap (mercury lamp: 250W). Seven female and 58 male moths were captured in study site. The effective population size of Actias artemis was 24.9 and heterozygosity was more than 97%. Seven marked moths were recaptured, resulting in 9.7% of recapture rate. The estimated population size of A. artemis showed a peak by 133 individuals on 22 May and then declined. The estimated adult numbers of A. artemis using MRR method from minimum 168 to maximum 5,332 (p<0.05).