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Southern Birdwing in flight

Troides Minos

Description:

This is the largest butterfly in South India and endemic to this place. The female has more black markings on its wings than the male.

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30 Comments (1–25)

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Congratulations wonderful series !

DanielHernández
DanielHernández 11 years ago

Good photo

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

Congratulations on your SOTD!

Lovely thing.

Braulio Rivas Tapia
Braulio Rivas Tapia 11 years ago

Nice depth!
U should put it on the mission: Butterflies and Moths of the World!

C.Sydes
C.Sydes 11 years ago

splendid series

Fyn  Kynd
Fyn Kynd 11 years ago

Awesome spot! Congrats!

Reza Hashemizadeh
Reza Hashemizadeh 11 years ago

Congratulations Vincent !

namitha
namitha 11 years ago

Beautiful Spotting. Congratulations on Spotting of the Day.

RubyPrakash
RubyPrakash 11 years ago

Excellent N congrats!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Jitesh Second picture of a Female....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troides_min...

Jitesh T
Jitesh T 11 years ago

beautifull!!!!
js wantd to knw which 1 is a male n a female???

Jolly Ibañez
Jolly Ibañez 11 years ago

Congratulations Vincent. Beautiful series

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

Congrats Vincent!

Atul
Atul 11 years ago

Congratulations !

rutasandinas
rutasandinas 11 years ago

Espectacular muy bella felicidades

MacChristiansen
MacChristiansen 11 years ago

Congratulations Vincent

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

Congratulations Vincent!

Wild Things
Wild Things 11 years ago

Great! Congratulations!

VincentVanur
VincentVanur 11 years ago

Thank you Sachin Zaveri, Lisa Powers, YukoChartraw and above all peter

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 11 years ago

Congratulations Vincent !
Spectacular series,

LisaPowers
LisaPowers 11 years ago

Congrats on your SOTD! What a beautiful spotting.

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 11 years ago

Congratulations Vincent! Well-deserved honor!

peter
peter 11 years ago

Congrats Vincet, we've chosen this incredible photo as spotting of the day!

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"Spotted in the Western Ghats, which is a biodiversity hotspot, this Southern Birdwing is a large and striking Swallowtail butterfly. The Southern Birdwing is the largest butterfly in South India and endemic to this place. The female has more black markings on its wings than the male."

VincentVanur
VincentVanur 11 years ago

Thanks to Maria, Ashish, UrifahRidlo, SatyenM, YukoChartraw

VincentVanur
Spotted by
VincentVanur

Kerala, India

Spotted on Aug 4, 2010
Submitted on Dec 4, 2012

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