#tailed jay

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@nekoshikai submitted: I've been to a butterfly display recently and took a lot of buggy pics! There weren't many ids tho so I just enjoyed the colors (I live in middle/northern Italy if you want to give some IDs ;D)

There was also a big boi sunbathing and I'm pretty sure I caught some buggy sexy times

I love them all! Including the lizard who can be a honorary bug. These fellas are not native to Italy. The first one looks like an Atlas moth (Attacus atlas) or similar. The second appears to be a tailed jay (Graphium agamemnon), and the last three photos of butterflies are all swallowtails (Papilio sp.). The first looks like a common mormon, but not sure on the others. I hope the ones mating made lots of babies, though!

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Porte-queue geai/Tailed jay

Photographer: Joanne Levesque

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(by Rahime Gul)

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Tailed Jay butterfly

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Graphium genus

1. Graphium policenes - Common swordtail 

2. Graphium sarpedon - Common blue bottle

3. Graphium agamemnon - Tailed jay

Family: Papilionidae

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Tailed Jay butterfly 🦋💚

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Tailed Jay (Graphium agamemnon)

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Tailed jay (Graphium agamemnon)

The tailed jay is a predominantly green and black tropical butterfly that belongs to the swallowtail family. It is a common, non-threatened species native to India, Sri Lanka through Southeast Asia and Australia. Strong and restless fliers, they are very active butterflies and flutter their wings constantly even when at flowers. Tailed jays are active throughout the year but their abundance depends upon the local monsoon and availability of the larval host plants.

photo credits: Karthik Easvur, Greg Hume, wiki