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Drupadia ravindra
The Common Posy is a relatively common forest butterfly, usually found individually in localised areas. It can usually be found along jungle paths near sunlit spots. It returns to a same leaf to rest, time and again. The males have bright blue hindwings above whilst the females are greyish white on the hindwings above.
I found it in a forest near the beach in Indonesia
The Common Posy may also often be seen resting with its wings closed, as in this specimen photographed, with its tails in motion. It seems probable that the tails and hindwing pattern serves as a decoy to fool predators into mistaking the tails for the antennae.
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