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Papilio maackii
The Alpine Black Swallowtail (Papilio maackii) is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Asia, in Japan, China and South Korea. The wingspan is 70-80 mm. The larvae feed on Phellodendron amurensis, Zanthoxylum ailanthoides and Phellodendron amurense. They are one of biggest butterflies around the world.
They live around forest that has Phellodendron amurensis and Zanthoxylum ailanthoides.
The end of it's wings were chipped off while it was flying around. :(
Spotted on Sep 16, 2012
Submitted on Sep 16, 2012
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Ummm graphics are pretty not good....