Staged Butterfly - _TNY_0654
This female Low's swallowtail (Papilio lowii), also known as the great yellow mormon and Asian swallowtail, was sitting on the ground at the Haga Ocean butterfly house so I was urged by some other visitors) who assumed I worked there) to move it somewhere safer. I ended up placing it on this twig where it stayed for quite a while - and posed nicely for me.
The male looks a bit different and a shot of one can be found here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52721755981/
Staged Butterfly - _TNY_0654
This female Low's swallowtail (Papilio lowii), also known as the great yellow mormon and Asian swallowtail, was sitting on the ground at the Haga Ocean butterfly house so I was urged by some other visitors) who assumed I worked there) to move it somewhere safer. I ended up placing it on this twig where it stayed for quite a while - and posed nicely for me.
The male looks a bit different and a shot of one can be found here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52721755981/