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Lime Butterfly

Papilio demoleus

Description:

The butterfly is tailless and has a wingspan 80–100 mm. 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:

urban area

1 Species ID Suggestions

Ashish
Ashish 11 years ago
Lime
Papilio demoleus Papilio demoleus


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3 Comments

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 11 years ago

Thanks again AshishNimkar.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Look to be Lime Butterfly... But I seen here only 4 legs use for landing like Nymphalidae family...

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 11 years ago

Thank you AshishNimkar.

Noel Buensuceso
Spotted by
Noel Buensuceso

Philippines

Spotted on Jun 23, 2012
Submitted on Jun 23, 2012

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