This is neither a common nor a rare butterfly as it can be seen on the edge of villages as well as fluttering on flowering bushes in a jungle path from time to time. It has a powerful and erratic flight almost like the Banded Swallowtail and can be a very difficult butterfly to catch on the lenses. Its darkly mottled undersides bellies its magnificent peacock green uppersides and can be instantly recognised even in flight by its sheer green metallic flashes.
Habitat indicator
RSP
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WV
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PG
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FTR
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SC
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Frequency observation chart: (S marks the usual occurences, H marks an unusually high occurence, F for first record)
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Above all photos 25 March 2013 @ 11:13.
a female was seen depositing eggs on a shrub: 11 Dec 2015 @ 11:33
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12:30
12:58
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Males can come to a drunken stupor at puddles, usually in the earlier part of the afternoon where they will rest undisturbed by shaded puddles at the edge of the forest. Above pictures 06 June 2017.
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