Emerald Swallowtail Butterfly Papilio palinurus

Emerald Swallowtail Butterfly
Green-banded Peacock Butterfly
The Emerald Swallowtail Butterfly, also called the Green-banded Peacock, is native to Southeast Asia. The green-blue colour varies with the light and direction of view.
Emerald Swallowtail Butterfly
Emerald Swallowtail Butterfly
Emerald Swallowtail Butterfly
The wingspan is up to 10cm (4 inches). Many related swallowtails are called Narrow or Common, Green or Blue Banded Peacocks and another butterfly not of the swallowtail family is called just the Banded Peacock.
Emerald Swallowtail Butterfly The underside is mainly black with grey-green flecks and the "peacock eyes".
Emerald Swallowtail Butterfly The hind wings.
Emerald Swallowtail Butterfly A tattered individual gently moved from a pathway.
Emerald Swallowtail Butterfly This one has lost its tails.
Emerald Swallowtail Butterfly This fat individual seems to have . . .
Emerald Swallowtail Butterfly a pocket flap on the top of its underside abdomen.
Like many swallowtail caterpillars, they feed on citrus and related plants and start life resembling bird droppings for camouflage from predators.