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Lime butterfly (an avid mud-puddler!!)


Lime butterfly (an avid mud-puddler!!)

Papilio demoleus
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"Common lime"
Papilio demoleus
Lime Butterfly Papilio demoleus.jpg
P. d. demoleus in Bangalore, India
Lime swallowtail (Papilio demoleus).JPG
P. d. demoleus in Jamaica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species: P. demoleus
Binomial name
Papilio demoleus
Linnaeus, 1758
Papilio demoleus is a common and widespread swallowtail butterfly. The butterfly is also known as the common lime butterfly, lemon butterfly, lime swallowtail, small citrus butterfly, chequered swallowtail, dingy swallowtail and citrus swallowtail. These common names refer to their host plants, which are usually citrus species such as the cultivated lime. Unlike most swallowtail butterflies, it does not have a prominent tail. The butterfly is a pest and invasive species from the Old World which has spread to the Caribbean and Central America.
Now you know!!
Seen here on my dusting stick lol



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Wow!!!!!

17 Aug, 2016

 

Olive it flew in to the conservatory!!

17 Aug, 2016

 

Goodness! Thats a long way from Jamaica! ;)

18 Aug, 2016

 

Come to think of it, your dusting stick does look like an exotic! ;)

18 Aug, 2016

 

It is a pity something so beautiful is a pestll

18 Aug, 2016

 

Such a perfect pic...

18 Aug, 2016

 

Poor thing, to fly all that way & find the dusting stick has no nectar!

21 Aug, 2016

 

We 've hardly seen any Butterflies this year DD. How lovely for you to have this one visit.

22 Aug, 2016



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