This is a photograph of Spot Swordtail, Pathysa nomius, a beautiful butterfly of the Swallowtail family (Papilionidae) native to India.
The genus Pathysa represents the Swordtails and Zebras.
The photograph, which shows the butterfly mud-puddling, at Yeoor, dist Thana, Maharashtra, India, was taken by Viren Vaz on 29 Jan 2006.
This image is loaded at Wikimedia in the name 'Spot_Swordtail.jpg'.
Associated images
Other photos of the same butterfly are also available on Wikimedia under the names :-
'Graphium_nomius.jpg' - This is an illustration from an old book called 'Fauna of British India. Lepidoptera' by C. T. Bingham which was uploaded by Shyamal on 02 Jan 2006.
Two photos showing the UP and UN markings of the butterfly have been contributed by Rahul Natu under the names 'RN001_Pathysa_nomius_UP.jpg' and 'RN002_Pathysa_nomius_UN.jpg'.
Credits
The image is created by and is the contribution of Viren Vaz <vaz.viren@gmail.com>.
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