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Graphium agamemnon - Tailed Jay Location is Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Alongside a stream and paddy fields.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/38828/graphium_agamemnon_-_tailed_jay.html" title="Graphium agamemnon - Tailed Jay"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2784/38828_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=Y6rGUjCOwT8%2FM%2FH6kqpzqlPZbuc%3D" width="200" height="130" alt="Graphium agamemnon - Tailed Jay Time to put some paps up. I am very lucky in that I have managed to collect images of 9 species, of which this is my favourite. Not because it is rare, but it was the first butterfly, when I started this bugging game, to make me go &lsquo;WOW!&rsquo;<br /> <br /> There are enough that if I make an effort, I can find one any day, but getting a photograph is a different matter. They always seem to be just out of reach, and they are very cautious. Once you spook one, you will not get a second chance today so you might as well move on.<br /> <br /> Location is Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Alongside a stream and paddy fields.<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/38827/bf_tailed_jay_6507.html<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/38829/graphium_agamemnon_-_tailed_jay.html Bandung,Fall,Geotagged,Graphium agamemnon,Indonesia,Java,Tailed Jay,West Java,butterfly,papilio,papilionidae,tailed jay" /></a></figure> Bandung,Geotagged,Graphium agamemnon,Indonesia,Java,Summer,Tailed Jay,West Java,butterfly,papilio,papilionidae,tailed jay Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Graphium agamemnon - Tailed Jay

Location is Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Alongside a stream and paddy fields.

Graphium agamemnon - Tailed Jay Time to put some paps up. I am very lucky in that I have managed to collect images of 9 species, of which this is my favourite. Not because it is rare, but it was the first butterfly, when I started this bugging game, to make me go ‘WOW!’<br /> <br /> There are enough that if I make an effort, I can find one any day, but getting a photograph is a different matter. They always seem to be just out of reach, and they are very cautious. Once you spook one, you will not get a second chance today so you might as well move on.<br /> <br /> Location is Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Alongside a stream and paddy fields.<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/38827/bf_tailed_jay_6507.html<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/38829/graphium_agamemnon_-_tailed_jay.html Bandung,Fall,Geotagged,Graphium agamemnon,Indonesia,Java,Tailed Jay,West Java,butterfly,papilio,papilionidae,tailed jay

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    Beautiful insight! Cheers* Posted 9 years ago

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The Tailed Jay

The Tailed Jay is a predominantly green and black tropical butterfly that belongs to the swallowtail family. It is a common, nonthreatened species native to India, Sri Lanka through Southeast Asia and Australia. Several geographic races are recognized.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
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Uploaded May 13, 2016. Captured Feb 3, 2013 08:06 in Jl. Lavender No.8, Ciwaruga, Parongpong, Kabupaten Bandung Barat, Jawa Barat, Indonesia.
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  • NIKON D7000
  • f/8.0
  • 1/160s
  • ISO100
  • 105mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.