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Graphium agamemnon
Brownish/black-winged butterfly with many yellow spots, about 5-6 cm length of wings.
This butterfly was found atop some flower blossoms on a bush in a side alley, in the middle of old town Chiang Mai.
Perhaps at a different time of day I would have said the wings were just black(ish), but these pictures were taken around noon, with the most intense sunlight bearing down (and through) the wings, giving them a somewhat brownish appearance.
In our place it is known as Tailed Jay or Green Spotted Butterfly ( Graphium agamemnon). Its host plants includes Indian tree, local fruits we call guayabano or soursop fruit and Sugar apple fruit.
Spotted on Jan 31, 2012
Submitted on Mar 1, 2012
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