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Graphium Doson evemonides - Common Jay Location is Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Alongside a stream and paddy fields.<br />
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Location is Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Alongside a stream and paddy fields.<br />
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Graphium Doson evemonides - Common Jay

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

Graphium Doson evemonides - Common Jay Common Jay, well that’s a laugh. In three years, this was the only photo opportunity I managed. Several sightings, but this elusive butterfly prefers the tree canopies and very rarely settles within camera range. This is true for most paps.<br />
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Location is Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Alongside a stream and paddy fields.<br />
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The Common Jay is a black, tropical papilionid butterfly with pale blue semi-transparent central wing bands that are formed by large spots. There is a marginal series of smaller spots. The underside of wings is brown with markings similar to upperside but whitish in color. The sexes look alike.

Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by Vodkaman
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By Vodkaman

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Uploaded May 14, 2016. Captured Apr 30, 2013 08:53 in Jl. Lavender No.8, Ciwaruga, Parongpong, Kabupaten Bandung Barat, Jawa Barat, Indonesia.
  • NIKON D7000
  • f/8.0
  • 1/160s
  • ISO100
  • 105mm