Family Papilionidae Birdwings or Swallowtails
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| Common Mime Chilasa clytia lankeswara |
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DISTRIBUTION |
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Low country and mid hils |
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SIMILAR SPECIES |
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Dark blue tiger |
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STATUS |
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Common |
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HABITS |
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Rather slow flight |
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Litsea glutinosa [Bomee-S] |
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LAVA |
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Black with yellow paches and red dots plus spins |
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PUAPA |
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resembles a dead twig |
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| Common Bluebottle Graphium sarpedon teredon |
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DISTRIBUTION |
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Prefer ow country wet and intermediate zones, hil country |
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SIMILAR SPECIES |
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Common Jay |
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STATUS |
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Common |
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HABITS |
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FEEDING PLANTS |
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Litsea glutinosa [Bomee-S] |
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| Common Jay Graphium doson |
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DISTRIBUTION |
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arid, dry and intermediate zones |
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SIMILAR SPECIES |
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Common Bluebottle |
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STATUS |
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Common |
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HABITS |
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Migratory sp |
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FEEDING PLANTS |
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Cinnamomum spp[Dawul Kurundu] |
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| Tailed Jay Graphium agamemnon menides |
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DISTRIBUTION |
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All elevations, Prefer wet zone. |
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SIMILAR SPECIES |
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None |
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STATUS |
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Common |
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HABITS |
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Fast flier |
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FEEDING PLANTS |
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Michelia champaca [Ginisapu], Annona spp. |
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| Common Banded Peacock Papilio crino |
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DISTRIBUTION |
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arid, dry and intermediate zones |
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SIMILAR SPECIES |
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None |
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STATUS |
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Uncommon |
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HABITS |
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Canopy butterfly, Migrate |
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FEEDING PLANTS |
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Cloroxylon swietenia [Burutha] |
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| Lime Butterfly Papilio demoleus demoleus |
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DISTRIBUTION |
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Below 500m |
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SIMILAR SPECIES |
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None |
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STATUS |
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Very common |
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HABITS |
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Migratory species |
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FEEDING PLANTS |
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Calotropis gigantea [Wara] |
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Copyright © 2006-2010 - Design, Developement, Photography and Text by Tharanga Aluthwattha
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