Difficult to Name - _TNY_6528
Unlike most swallowtail butterflies, the lime swallowtail (Papilio demoleus) - like this male - lack the prominent tails which have given them the name so it is a swallowtail without the swallowtail.
Continuing, the species is sometimes called chequered swallowtail, but this name isn't spot on either as it really isn't chequered, but rather black with white spots. Naming butterflies seems hard.
The way to tell this is a male is to look at the red and blue markings on the hind wings. With this much red, this is a male.
Difficult to Name - _TNY_6528
Unlike most swallowtail butterflies, the lime swallowtail (Papilio demoleus) - like this male - lack the prominent tails which have given them the name so it is a swallowtail without the swallowtail.
Continuing, the species is sometimes called chequered swallowtail, but this name isn't spot on either as it really isn't chequered, but rather black with white spots. Naming butterflies seems hard.
The way to tell this is a male is to look at the red and blue markings on the hind wings. With this much red, this is a male.