Scarlet and Black - _TNY_0463
The scarlet mormon (Papilio rumanzovia), also known as the Rumanzovia swallowtail, is a bit deceptive when it comes to sexing it. This one is a male which is black with whit on the hind wings when you look at the dorsal side and the ventral side seen here is black with red.
The female however has a dorsal side which is black and red and resembles the male's ventral side, like this: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53407823237/ while her ventral side is black with both red and white.
This was photographed hanging inder the chrysalis it just crawled out of and waiting for the wings to dry/harden at the Haga Ocean butterfly house in Solna, Sweden.
Scarlet and Black - _TNY_0463
The scarlet mormon (Papilio rumanzovia), also known as the Rumanzovia swallowtail, is a bit deceptive when it comes to sexing it. This one is a male which is black with whit on the hind wings when you look at the dorsal side and the ventral side seen here is black with red.
The female however has a dorsal side which is black and red and resembles the male's ventral side, like this: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53407823237/ while her ventral side is black with both red and white.
This was photographed hanging inder the chrysalis it just crawled out of and waiting for the wings to dry/harden at the Haga Ocean butterfly house in Solna, Sweden.