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Common Lime Swallowtail
Papilio demoleus sthenelus
-16.82, 124.92
Spotting Video
Field Notes
Description:
I have no pic showing the upper wing. However, you can see the two butterflies and upper side of the wings in the video - https://youtu.be/3iMh3x-CFXg . "The hindwing has no tail. The upper portion of the forewing is largely black and the outer wing margin has a series of irregular yellow spots. Two yellow spots are present at the upper end of the discal cell with several scattered yellow spots in the apical region. The upper hindwing has a red tornal spot and the discal black band is dusted with yellow scales. The under side is paler yellow with the black areas more heavily dusted with yellow." (http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/bfly/lime_swallowtail.htm )
Habitat:
Hanging about in wet sand near a running creek at Mt Hart.
Notes:
There are two butterflies in the video. I'm not sure whether they are in mating mode or perhaps in territorial mode. They don't seem aggressive though so perhaps mating mode? Any help would be appreciated! We were standing quite close to them but they didn't seem overly bothered.
Further reading mentions they are mudpuddlers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papilio_demoleus
Reference:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Common_Lime_Butterf…
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