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Butterfly This Butterfly was drinking water from the water running from the water hose and caught it 'pee-ing' at the same time. Blue Jay,Borneo,Geotagged,Graphium evemon,Malaysia,Sarawak,Summer,butterfly Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

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This Butterfly was drinking water from the water running from the water hose and caught it 'pee-ing' at the same time.

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    I've never seen a butterfly pee, I never even thought about them doing it at all, interesting! Posted 9 years ago
    1. View Albert Kang's profile
      Albert Kang
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      This was the intention of this post to show the behaviour, although I couldn't get the ID of the species yet. Posted 9 years ago
      1. View WildFlower's profile
        WildFlower
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        There are a few similar ones but I think this is Graphium evemon.
        http://butterflycircle.blogspot.bg/2014/05/life-history-of-blue-jay.html         Posted 9 years ago
    3. View WildFlower's profile
      WildFlower
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      This is the result of the puddling.
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mud-puddling
       Posted 9 years ago
      1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
        Ferdy Christant
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        Interesting, this explains why we saw so many in the mud in Sri Lanka. Posted 9 years ago
        1. View Albert Kang's profile
          Albert Kang
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          I think those 'puddling' in the mud is to get salt too. Posted 9 years ago

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The Graphium evemon

The Blue Jay, also called the Lesser Jay and Pale Green Triangle, is a species of tropical butterfly found in North-East India.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by WildFlower
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By Albert Kang

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Uploaded Aug 7, 2016. Captured Jul 6, 2015 12:54 in Jalan Ke Puncak Serapi, Petra Jaya, 93050 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
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  • NIKON D5200
  • f/16.0
  • 1/200s
  • ISO200
  • 200mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.