Common Baron

Thank you Smith.

This butterfly has a stiff flap glide style of flying. It flies at low heights and maintains a territory.

Thanks Shanna. I just uploaded another pic of it in a standing position with it's wings closed and curled proboscis.

,They are also called brush-footed butterflies or four-footed butterflies.

Here is th ecaterpillar, http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/18691026

Also the caterpillar of a Common Baron is gorgeous. You can find it on Mango trees. Looking forward to your spotting of caterpillar!!

Thanks Ashish, Great pic of a female Baron!

Most butterflies are not good pollinators of flowers. Pollen does not regularly stick to their legs or tongue (proboscis) and the butterflies do not make proper contact with the flower's stigma. There are probably some notable exceptions to this such as the pollinia (a coherent mass of pollen grains often with a stalk bearing an adhesive disk that clings to insects) of the milkweed flowers sticking to the tongue and legs of Monarch butterflies. Some moth species, however, are exceptional pollinators. Especially well known are the "hummingbird moths" of the Family Sphingidae.

You are welcome ,Ashish. What is so funny is that I only remember the Common Jezebel and little yellow from my childhood!!

Thank you so much, Frazier! I am honored!

Thanks, Jakubko!

Thanks so much ,Ashish! I will dedicate this butterfly to you since you love butterflies so much!

Thanks, Antonio!

Thanks Kranti and Bernadette!

Looks like a male . It is mud puddling for minerals,