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Papilio thoas
Large butterfly with a wingspan around 10-12cm; base colour of the wings is dark brown/black with yellow markings, hind wings with clubbed tails; head and thorax are also black with yellow stripes and abdomen is yellow with a black stripe down the middle. When the butterfly rests in this position, there's a small area on the hind wings, just below the abdomen, with a blue band above a small orange spot.
Scrubby area in the southern Colombian Andes at about 1600m above sea level. This picture was taken within the "Tierradentro" archeological park.
Spotted on Dec 31, 2015
Submitted on Oct 1, 2016
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