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common blue bottle

Graphium sarpedon

Description:

The Common Bluebottle has a bluish-green macular band which runs from the apex of the forewing to the inner margin of the hindwing on both the upper and underside of the butterfly's wings. The hindwing has a series of blue submarginal spots on the hindwing on the upperside, and an additional red spotting on the underside of the hindwing. There is a red spot near the base of the hindwing on the underside as well.

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14 Comments

Sahana Vajirasena
Sahana Vajirasena a year ago

This is a Narrow Banded Blue Bottle (Graphium teredon) Common Bluebottles are not found in SL

Sew
Sew 10 years ago

thank you very much Adi :D

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 10 years ago

Impressive capture :)

Sew
Sew 10 years ago

thanx for all da likes guys... :D

Sew
Sew 10 years ago

he heeee..thanx D....

Dilan Chathuranga
Dilan Chathuranga 10 years ago

Wow!!Beautiful shot Sew!

Sew
Sew 10 years ago

thank you so much bhagi..... :D :D :D

Bhagya Herath
Bhagya Herath 10 years ago

so beautiful Sew.....

Sew
Sew 10 years ago

thank you very much :D

outsidegirl0
outsidegirl0 10 years ago

beautiful butterfly!

Sew
Sew 10 years ago

thank you very much Jorge :D

JORGE LOPEZ CORDERO
JORGE LOPEZ CORDERO 10 years ago

I like

Sew
Sew 10 years ago

Thank you venus :D

Caleb Steindel
Caleb Steindel 10 years ago

very beautiful spotting, congrats and thanks for sharing!

Sew
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Karametiya, Uva Province, Sri Lanka

Spotted on Apr 10, 2014
Submitted on Apr 10, 2014

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