Dear all as some of you may be aware of the fact, that i am now in japan for a while and have an intension to stay here for a year! so what about butterflying in japan? i start doing that immediately!! Japan is a country full of gardens, plenty of green. But to my surprise butterflies in Osaka area is not as much as it could be. Still i manage to bag these four wonder in the first 10 days of Japan, hope to post you more in the coming days! Picture 001 is Common Yellow Swallotail *Papilio machaon* Picture 002 is some five ring i yet to identify. Pls help me to know which*Ypthima * species is this. Picture 003 is Common Bluebottle *Graphium sarpedon* Picture 004 is Spangle Papilio protenor which differs in a large way from the spangle we found in India, it has tail and ours dont have!! its a subspecies of *Papilio protenor* called *Papilio protenor demetrius*. cheers Arjan
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