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Lime Swallowtail

Papilio Demoleus

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Field Notes

Description:

About 1.5 inch length and height of a single wing. About 3 inches width of the butterfly. With light yellow spots and a red spot with blue spot on each wing. Medium in size.

Habitat:

Found in a house garden

Species ID Suggestions

Citrus Swallowtail

Papilio demodocus

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Nature_Observer
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Lime swallowtail

Papilio demoleus

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Saturniidae27
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Comments (2)
arne.roysland
Citrus Swallowtail is not a Phillippine butterfly, but Lime swallowtail is and it's called Common Lime over there. (Papilio demoleus demoleus)

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PublishedMay 23, 2020

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