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Julie Jones

Eagle Owl

this could possibly be a rhmanzovia swallowtail(male) Posted 10 years ago

WildFlower

Lion

It looks likely.
http://en.butterflycorner.net/papilio-rumanzovia-scarlet-mormon-scharlachroter-schwalbenschwanz-mormon-ecarlate.515.0.html
http://www.cambridgebutterfly.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=161 Posted 10 years ago
1. Julie Jones
  
  Eagle Owl
  
  thank youx
  Posted 10 years ago

Paulien

Giant Tortoise

Hi Julie,
I think it's a female orchad swallowtail. The one at the picture is a male. There was no picture of a female. Posted 10 years ago
1. WildFlower
  
  Lion
  
  I don't think so, the female orchad swallowtail has more red spots on the hind wings and a white edge on both wings.
  http://www.sabutterflies.org.au/papi/aegeus_ds.htm
  http://en.butterflycorner.net/Papilio-aegeus-Orchard-Swallowtail-Garten-Schwalbenschwanz.530.0.html
  http://lepidoptera.pro/taxonomy/15204 Posted 10 years ago, modified 10 years ago

The Papilio deiphobus rumanzovia

The Scarlet Mormon is a butterfly of the Papilionidae family. It is found in the Philippines, but has been recorded as a vagrant to southern Taiwan.

The species was named by Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz after Nicholas Rumanzow, Chancellor of the Russian Empire. It has traditionally been regarded as a species of its own rather than a subspecies of ''Papilio deiphobus''; the former treatment is still preferred by some.

The wingspan is 120–140 mm. The male strongly resembles.. more

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Uploaded Sep 20, 2014. Captured in Chester Zoo, o/s Zoo Main Entrance, Chester, Cheshire West and Chester CH2, UK.

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