Mrs. Knight - _TNY_0256
The Saharan swallowtail (Papilio dardanus) is also known as the mocker swallowtail as the females mimic a whole slew of other species.
This is a female and the particular colour form is probably the closest in appearance to the female. One easy tell there however is that the males have a large tail on their hind wings - like here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/54813190211/
The long tails like this on many species in the family Papilionidae is the reason that they are known in Swedish and German as "riddarfjäril" and "Ritterfalter" respectively. Translated into English, this becomes "knight butterfly" as the tail sort of resembles a sheathed sword like a knight would carry.
Mrs. Knight - _TNY_0256
The Saharan swallowtail (Papilio dardanus) is also known as the mocker swallowtail as the females mimic a whole slew of other species.
This is a female and the particular colour form is probably the closest in appearance to the female. One easy tell there however is that the males have a large tail on their hind wings - like here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/54813190211/
The long tails like this on many species in the family Papilionidae is the reason that they are known in Swedish and German as "riddarfjäril" and "Ritterfalter" respectively. Translated into English, this becomes "knight butterfly" as the tail sort of resembles a sheathed sword like a knight would carry.