common lime butterfly, chequered swallowtail

Description:

"Papilio demoleus is an aggressive and very common butterfly. It is perhaps the most widely distributed swallowtail in the world. It gets its first common name from its host plants, which are usually citrus species such as the cultivated lime. Unlike most swallowtail butterflies, it does not have a prominent tail. The butterfly has also been referred to as the Butterfly of Death, a name it shares with a morphologically similar species, Papilio demodocus, which flies in Africa. The butterfly is a pest and invasive species from the Old World which has spread to the Caribbean and Central America."

Habitat:

This spotting in a large semi-urban yard & garden adjacent to a disturbed patch of remnant forest.

Notes:

One of four species of previously alien Lepidoptera recorded in Papua (the Indonesian part of New Guinea) according to the Papua Insects Foundation.