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Common Lime Butterfly

Papilio demoleus

Description:

Also known as Lemon Butterfly, Lime Swallowtail, Small Citrus Butterfly, Chequered Swallowtail, Dingy Swallowtail, Citrus Swallowtail.

Notes:

This butterfly waited patiently to let the other side photographed though I had to take a long walk to reach the other side.

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Lime Butterfly
Papilio demoleus Papilio demoleus


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36 Comments (1–25)

Thank you CHUN, I am honored. :))

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 10 years ago

I am the one who is very late, Chief :))
A belated congratulations !

Thank you very much Saumya :)) No problem. :))

Saumya Wanniarachchi
Saumya Wanniarachchi 10 years ago

Congrats On your SOTD ! And sorry for the late wishes ! :) :)

THANK YOU! :))
Pedro, Karen, Luis, Ashley, Jemma, Reza, Neena, NUWAN, Marta, Sergio, Arlanda, Neil, Rieko, Bhagya, Dilan, Sew, Chamalka, Dotun, Maria, Sckel, Daniele, Namitha, Jemma :)), António, Lauren, Larry, Texanne, Suz, Lucky, Jopy, Monika, Christos, Carol, Student, Sachindra, Manuelariasarias, Gatorfellows, Lily and Lary. thank you. Joseph :))

Hi Karen, thank you very much for selecting 'Papilio demoleus' as spotting of the day and bring me to this joyful moment. I would like to thank Mr. Yasser, all my Ranger friends and everybody in PN for this honor and encouragement. :)) Thank you.

:)) THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR SELECTING 'PAPLIO DEMOLEUS'' AS SPOTTING OF THE DAY! :)) I am sorry for the delay to thank you all. I was in Guruvayoor (the land famous for Lord Krishna's temple) and back home early today. :)) No hiding at this joyful occasion. :)) Thanks everyone in PN once again, you are all in my heart. :))

texanne
texanne 10 years ago

Beautiful! Congratulations Chief!

LarryGraziano
LarryGraziano 10 years ago

Belated Congrats Chief!!! Well deserved SOTD!

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Congratulations Chief! So happy for you, it is a beautiful picture.

Beautiful capture Chief,congrats on the well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing such beautifull biodiversity from India,nice work

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 10 years ago

chief, are you in hiding?!

namitha
namitha 10 years ago

Congratulations Joseph, on this awesome little find and SOTD!

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 10 years ago

Congrats Chief!

Sckel
Sckel 10 years ago

Congratulations.

Maria dB
Maria dB 10 years ago

Congratulations on your SOTD and great you got both sides!

dotun55
dotun55 10 years ago

Congratulations!!!

Chamalka Dulmini
Chamalka Dulmini 10 years ago

wow Beautiful....Congratulations......!

Sew
Sew 10 years ago

congratzzzzzzzz........... :D

Dilan Chathuranga
Dilan Chathuranga 10 years ago

Congrats Joseph!!!!Niice spotting!!!

Bhagya Herath
Bhagya Herath 10 years ago

so beautiful ........Congatulations ......

RiekoS
RiekoS 10 years ago

Congratulations. Beautiful spotting.

Neil Ross
Neil Ross 10 years ago

Congratulations on a wonderful SOTD. Well done :-)

arlanda
arlanda 10 years ago

Congratulations Chief

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 10 years ago

Congratulations Chief. Well worth SOTD.

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Spotted on Nov 24, 2013
Submitted on Nov 26, 2013

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