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papilio demoleus
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.
These butterfly is a common and widespread swallowtail butterfly. It gets its common names from its host plants, which are usually citrus species such as the cultivated lime.
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yes also with the pomelo tree.
Hi! Thanks for the response Catheline! :) i appreciate it...
One last thing, did you mean a calamansi or lemonsito plant?
Thank you.
i usually found them in a family of lemon/lime tree or citrus in our garden on thier early instar stage see other links https://jakesa.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/...
What kind of host plants do they usually lay their eggs?
Thanks.