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Tailed Jay

Graphium agamemnon

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Field Notes

Description:

Brownish/black-winged butterfly with many yellow spots, about 5-6 cm length of wings.

Habitat:

This butterfly was found atop some flower blossoms on a bush in a side alley, in the middle of old town Chiang Mai.

Notes:

Perhaps at a different time of day I would have said the wings were just black(ish), but these pictures were taken around noon, with the most intense sunlight bearing down (and through) the wings, giving them a somewhat brownish appearance.

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Graphium agamemnon

Species ID Suggestions

Graphium agamemnon
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Comments (2)
shekainah d. alaban
In our place it is known as Tailed Jay or Green Spotted Butterfly ( Graphium agamemnon). Its host plants includes Indian tree, local fruits we call guayabano or soursop fruit and Sugar apple fruit.

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PublishedMarch 1, 2012

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