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Common Mormon

Koh Samui, Thailand

Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species: P. polytes romulus

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dang 30-Jan-2011 11:38
He/She is a real beauty. The swallowtails I see here are generally yellow. I was lucky enough to have seen one black one flutter by last summer, but it didn't lite. They're extremely large specimens we have, measuring 4 or 5 inches wing span, but skittish as the dickens. This is a great catch, my hats off.