Showing posts with label common lime butterfly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label common lime butterfly. Show all posts

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Butterflies of lahore - Common lime butterfly

This is another articles in the series of "butterflies of lahore". This one is one of the most common butterflies of lahore. And as it is a rather slow moving butterfly, very easy to capture. Technical name is Papilio demoleus. It is a swallowtail butterfly but without a tail!!!!! This was the first butterfly i captured when my interest developed in butterflies.

common lime butterfly on terrace

It is widely spread in Asia. The common name is based on its presence on citrus family plants. A butterfly you can never miss. The back view with its spread wings is difficult to capture. Found in lahore almost whole year except winter. Found in urban population as well.

Papilio demoleus
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Monday, October 26, 2009

ipomoea purpurea, topical water lily in my garden

Here goes some pics for macro monday.These are all taken at my terrace. For other macro monday pics see Macro Monday 10/29: Dreamy Blues by Jackie and Macro Monday by Meadowsweet

Common lime butterfly on my terrace.
common lime butterfly on terrace
common lime butterfly
tropical water lily
morning glory ipomoea tricolor


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