Lime Butterfly

Scientific name: Papilio demoleus malayanus

Family: Papilionidae

Rarity: Rare (Once a month)

Native place of origin: Southeast Asia

Average wingspan: 60-80mm

Colour/pattern: Black with yellow spots and markings, some of which forming an irregular and intermittent macular band running across the forewing to the mid-dorsum of the hindwing. A submarginal series of smaller yellow spots can be found on both wings. On the hindwing, there is a red spot. In the male, this spot is capped with a narrow blue lunule with a very narrow intervening black gap. In contrast, the red spot and the blue lunule in the female have a rather large black spot between them