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Graphium macleayanus
Macleay's Swallowtail is a beautiful emerald green butterfly with broad brown wing margins and long tails on the hindwings.
This one was drinking , from puddles from recent morning rain , was very slow , i thought injured or old , but eventually it took off.
Spotted on Dec 7, 2014
Submitted on Dec 8, 2014
4 Comments
Thanks James ..i was very happy to finally find these beauties.
That is truly spectacular Charlie....well done
Oh Mark ...they are truly beautiful ...very quick and hard to photograph as they don't stop ....i done some research , checked plants in my books ...tracked them down ..and these are my first ever ...am i making you proud , how much i am learning ... :)
I'v love to spot one of these. Beautiful.