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Pachliopta aristolochiae, or the common rose, or red-bodied swallowtail.

  • Writer: Wildcreatures
    Wildcreatures
  • Dec 9, 2021
  • 1 min read

These pictures of Pachliopta aristolochiae, or the common rose, or red-bodied swallowtail were actually taken near the 10th hole of Fanling gold course, where there is a wonderful butterfly garden.


This is what it was before such a beauty, a big bad caterpillar, eating a toxic plant, which makes it unpalatable to predators. Both as a caterpillar and later as a butterfly. The red colouring warns birds and others.


ooooooh - They are often found on the undersides of leaves....



and a closer look....







 
 
 

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