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Tropical Swallowtail Moth

Lyssa zampa

Description:

Our second sighting of a Tropical Swallowtail moth; this one a light shade of brown, wingspan 14 cm (5.5 inches).

Habitat:

Hills overlooking Manila.

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8 Comments

AnnvanWijgerden
AnnvanWijgerden 12 years ago

Thanks Dangermouse! Will keep my eyes peeled for another one :-)

Dangermouse
Dangermouse 12 years ago

Wow, you can really see the size of him here! Amazing! And a nice series of photos too. This has just become one of my favourite moths, I think!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Welcome..!!

AnnvanWijgerden
AnnvanWijgerden 12 years ago

Thanks AshishNimkar!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Nice presentation of great pictures..!!

Latimeria
Latimeria 12 years ago

Haha, yeah, I saw that after I posted. I looked up more information about it and I saw the common name--which calls it a butterfly. Silly me.

AnnvanWijgerden
AnnvanWijgerden 12 years ago

Actually a moth - which helps blow away the myth that moths are always duller-looking than butterflies! :-)

Latimeria
Latimeria 12 years ago

Wow. That is just a strikingly beautiful butterfly.

AnnvanWijgerden
Spotted by
AnnvanWijgerden

Port Area, Philippines

Spotted on Jul 3, 2011
Submitted on Jul 4, 2011

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