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Lemon Butterfly

papilio demoleus

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Field Notes

Description:

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.

Habitat:

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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Papilio demoleus

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Comments (4)
CathelineRofloManalili
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/common-lime-butterfly-papilio-demoleus/

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PublishedJuly 31, 2014

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