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Graphium antheus
A plant that attracted a lot of pollinators. In #2 there are an other type of swallowtail butterfly feeding together with the Larger Striped Swallowtail. According to suggestions the white one is a Cream striped swordtail.
Dense forest, found on a flowering bush.
They were so very fast, out of 50 photos, this is the best I got! I was not allowed to leave the car either... There are lions and elephants in that park! But trust me, I was very tempted :)
You are the heroes of butterflies!
And Bay, I trust your skills!!! It is just that I want to learn myself so I can ID what I see in the nature :) You are like the math-teacher writing a tricky equation, and I feel like the stupid student with a question mark over my head.... haha
Tina
Agree with bayucca. The blue one is Graphium antheus (Common name: Large striped swordtail). The white one is Graphium porthaon porthaon (Common name: Cream striped swordtail).
Swallowtails are usually very nervous and not eas to catch. Take your time and I am confident that you once in the future will agree with my suggestion, won't you?
Thanks, I have now reached my "butterlfy max", the stripes and dots, and the red and white spots are confusing me a lot! I think I need to take better photos in order for this to make sence to me... Sorry Bay, but I really are thankful for the time you spent on this spotting! I will get better at this in the future, I promise :)
Try this one, there was htm instead of html, obviously cutted letter, sorry...
http://en.butterflycorner.net/Graphium-p...
Bayu, this link does not work for me: http://en.butterflycorner.net/Graphium-p...
Cant compare my white to the pictures you found of Coastal Swallowtail, Graphium porthaon.
Thanks a bunch! I will do a little butterfly study later on today, all thanks to you Bayucca! Super!
The white ones are in my eyes: Coastal Swallowtail, Graphium porthaon.
http://en.butterflycorner.net/Graphium-p...
Please compare with your pictures.
I think there are not the same ones. Stripes on the forewing in Antheus are broader.
http://www.posterlounge.de/sammamish-was...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lastingimag...
http://www.globis.insects-online.de/spec...
Spotted on Oct 14, 2013
Submitted on Oct 20, 2013
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