The Russian Chancellor, Pt. 3 - _TNY_4054

The scarlet mormon (Papilio rumanzovia), also known as the red mormon or the Rumanziova swallowtail was named after count Nikolai Petrovich Rumyantsev, chancellor of the Russian empire until Napoleon's invasion of Russia in the early 1800s.

 

The wingspan is somewhere between 120 and 140 mm (4.7-5.5") and the male and female have different markings. This one is a male.

 

In the wild you find these in southeast Asia and Australia, but this specimen was shot in the Haga Ocean butterfly house in Solna, Sweden back in early 2020. Back then I hadn't figured out that I could use a tripod to compensate for not being allowed to use a flash so this is handheld in natural light.

 

Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53267447508/

 

Part 2 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53330000440/

 

Photos of the female here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51966869231/

 

and here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52570483647/

 

Plus two of them mating here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52515148961/

 

Done