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Lime Swallowtail

Papilio demoleus

Description:

The butterfly is tailless. Above, the background colour is black. A broad, irregular yellow band is found on the wings above, which is broken in the case of the forewing. Besides this the butterfly has a large number of irregular spots on the wing. The upper hindwing has a red tornal spot with blue edging around it.

Habitat:

It is perhaps the most widely distributed swallowtail in the world.

Notes:

Its lower wings are broken...

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Arijit Banerjee
Spotted by
Arijit Banerjee

Gwalior, India

Spotted on May 8, 2012
Submitted on May 8, 2012

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