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Common Lime Butterfly

Papilio demoleus

Description:

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

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Atul
Atul 11 years ago
Common Lime Butterfly
Papilio demoleus Papilio demoleus


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Thanks guys for ID..

Bhutan

Spotted on Dec 9, 2012
Submitted on Dec 15, 2012

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