White Dragontail 燕鳳蝶 : Pink, Purple and Green . . .
This image is included in 3 galleries 1) "Wonderful macro shots" curated by Ahmed Eldaly, 2) "Mars 2021 #2" by Impatience_1 and 3) "ICI...on butine...on picore...ou on infeste...#3" by Impatience_1.
White Dragontail is a medium sized butterfly , wing span ranges from 40 to 45 mm. Wings are mainly black, the triangular forewing with hyaline cells, short and narrow radial cells in the hindwing, and has a pair of slender tails which looks like swallow's tail. Its adult is the smallest in the Papilionidae family in the world.
It is rather unusual to see the beautiful colours of the underside of the main wings of a life Dragontail - thanks to the incident angle of sunlight as captured here.
Ref: Fung Yuen Biodiversity Series. White Dragontail by Pun Sui Fai.
When feeding, they stay on one flower very briefly, usually for a second or two, then swiftly jump to another with no predictable route Capturing them in motion is a great challenge.
There should be a few more White Dragontail images from the visit to Hong Kong in 2012.
White Dragontail 燕鳳蝶 : Pink, Purple and Green . . .
This image is included in 3 galleries 1) "Wonderful macro shots" curated by Ahmed Eldaly, 2) "Mars 2021 #2" by Impatience_1 and 3) "ICI...on butine...on picore...ou on infeste...#3" by Impatience_1.
White Dragontail is a medium sized butterfly , wing span ranges from 40 to 45 mm. Wings are mainly black, the triangular forewing with hyaline cells, short and narrow radial cells in the hindwing, and has a pair of slender tails which looks like swallow's tail. Its adult is the smallest in the Papilionidae family in the world.
It is rather unusual to see the beautiful colours of the underside of the main wings of a life Dragontail - thanks to the incident angle of sunlight as captured here.
Ref: Fung Yuen Biodiversity Series. White Dragontail by Pun Sui Fai.
When feeding, they stay on one flower very briefly, usually for a second or two, then swiftly jump to another with no predictable route Capturing them in motion is a great challenge.
There should be a few more White Dragontail images from the visit to Hong Kong in 2012.