Common Mormon 玉帶鳳蝶 : Feeding . . .
This image is included in a gallery "PRIMER PREMIO.- Buzón de oro. Goldener Briefkasten No. 14" curated by Luis Siabala Valer.
Papilio polytes, the common Mormon, is a common species of swallowtail butterfly widely distributed across Asia.
This butterfly is known for the mimicry displayed by the numerous forms of its females which mimic inedible red-bodied swallowtails, such as the common rose and the crimson rose.
This is a male. The male has one morph. It is a dark-coloured swallow-tailed butterfly. The upper forewing has a series of white spots decreasing in size towards the apex. The upper hindwing has a complete discal band of elongated white spots. It may or may not have marginal red crescents. The males are generally smaller in size than the females but not always. (Wikipedia)
Captured this one on a fine Autumn morning at Fung Yuen Butterfly Reserve, Hong Kong.
Common Mormon 玉帶鳳蝶 : Feeding . . .
This image is included in a gallery "PRIMER PREMIO.- Buzón de oro. Goldener Briefkasten No. 14" curated by Luis Siabala Valer.
Papilio polytes, the common Mormon, is a common species of swallowtail butterfly widely distributed across Asia.
This butterfly is known for the mimicry displayed by the numerous forms of its females which mimic inedible red-bodied swallowtails, such as the common rose and the crimson rose.
This is a male. The male has one morph. It is a dark-coloured swallow-tailed butterfly. The upper forewing has a series of white spots decreasing in size towards the apex. The upper hindwing has a complete discal band of elongated white spots. It may or may not have marginal red crescents. The males are generally smaller in size than the females but not always. (Wikipedia)
Captured this one on a fine Autumn morning at Fung Yuen Butterfly Reserve, Hong Kong.