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Graphium evemon
Feeding on decaying organism?
On a river bank near Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
The pair at the background may belong to a different species.
Spotted on Mar 15, 2012
Submitted on Aug 7, 2012
3 Comments
Thank you for commnents, Bayucca and Martini. To Martini, I will try to post other pictures in slightly different angles.
Feeding on minerals on the ground or feces or carrion is a very common habit in the rainforest. You have to imagine that there is for certain minerals no other source in the rainforest than the above mentioned.
I think you have three species. The central one facing left is probably G. evemon as you say.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist...
The top one has long tails and has got me baffled. It is similar to G. aristeus.
The other two lighter ones are possibly G. meyeri
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:S...