? Swallowtail ? by TwoPynts

Photography • Macro • posted on Sep 08, 2005

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Description

"Everyone is like a butterfly, they start out ugly and awkward and then morph into beautiful graceful butterflies that everyone loves." --Drew Barrymore

Jeroen (Enmos) is helping me ID this butterfly. I have not been able to track it down online or in my books. The closest I came is the Black Swallowtail, but that one is darker and has markings on the outer edges of the upper wings. Not to mention the spots on this one. Perhaps it is of the Spicebush variety. If anyone else recognizes it, let me know and I'll post the info here. ----- Update: 09/12/2005 I think I finally found the proper ID for this butty. Egmont suggested Papilio polytes romulus - The Common Mormon (female) and some specimens I saw indeed looked a lot like my photo. However, as I searched, I found one who's patterns and wing shape were an even closer match. Thanks to everyone who lended aid with this difficult ID. --- Papilio paris paris (The Paris Peacock) FAMILY : Papilionidae A common SE Asian swallowtail. Distribution : South-east Asia & Malaysia (Nepal, India to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China and Hong Kong) (( It is a long way from home. ;-] )) Distance between the wing tip's is 7-9 cm. Info taken from: YUTAKA ----- Thanks for stopping by and for your tawny comments on yesterday's photo, Golden Helicon.

----- Olympus C8080WZ & PhotoshopCS. (425)

Comments (47)

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DELMUR

8:09AM | Thu, 08 September 2005

a swallow tail and a velvet wing!

pimbotin

8:12AM | Thu, 08 September 2005

Nice quotation but I know a lot of people who did exactly the contrary... And exceptionnal shot!

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TwoPynts

8:13AM | Thu, 08 September 2005

Ah, you are right Pimbo. Not everyone turns into a butterfly, though the potential is there. :] *

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bastetkitty

8:14AM | Thu, 08 September 2005

doesn't matter about the name, it's pretty anyway.

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giareg

8:15AM | Thu, 08 September 2005

Excellent capture,congrats. saluti G.

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MaydaMason

8:17AM | Thu, 08 September 2005

amazing and so elegant butterfly!!! perfect focus!

gwfa

8:18AM | Thu, 08 September 2005

perhaps a swallowtail in disguise? ;-)

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bkhook

8:20AM | Thu, 08 September 2005

Excellent shot! I too have seen those that were butterflies and morphed back into a caterpillar and an ugly one at that. hehe...Great Beauty here and again a beautiful shot!

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rayburg

8:26AM | Thu, 08 September 2005

Kort, this is an amzing macro..the only problem being a beautiful butterfly, your don't live very long =( great pic mmy friend

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lajasmine

8:36AM | Thu, 08 September 2005

Excellent macro! It is very beautiful!

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cricri99

8:44AM | Thu, 08 September 2005

All is perfect!!

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Georges_H_Hoens

8:57AM | Thu, 08 September 2005

Perfect and fantastic shot, Really impressive to me (I'll be happy in one or two month to have my brand new cam, a 5D Canon... I'm missing resolution !

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tibet2004uk

9:11AM | Thu, 08 September 2005

Oh man!! Where do u find such butties??? What a beauty!!! Superb capture Kortalouche, once again! :)

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Mondwin

9:36AM | Thu, 08 September 2005

Spectacular and great macro!!!bravo!V:DDD

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CDBrugg

9:58AM | Thu, 08 September 2005

beautiful shot

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diomedes66

9:58AM | Thu, 08 September 2005

Magnificent butty! I love the detail, clarity, colour, & DOF here! Absolutely superb!

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nathalie06

10:05AM | Thu, 08 September 2005

Ciao Kort ! Superb specimen of butty !!! and a excellent macro. Sorry... I can't help you for the name... But I'm shure that Jeroen or Danob could help you ! It's very difficult when you look for the name of a butty to find it on Internet... even after hours or day ;-(((( Have a nice day.

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Luka_30

10:20AM | Thu, 08 September 2005

Perfect shot of beautiful creature.

soulofharmony

11:03AM | Thu, 08 September 2005

absolutely sublime work :)..:))

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Mayliah

12:15PM | Thu, 08 September 2005

I don't know what kind of butterfly this is, but it has a really beautiful color..that deep, warm shade of grey. Wonderful photo. :)

chrysalide

12:18PM | Thu, 08 September 2005

Excellent macro with nice texture for the wings and psoe. have a good day

PhotoSmith

12:22PM | Thu, 08 September 2005

Geeze! I can never make these shots work. So I'm amazed at the perfection here - color, clarity, and dof. Wow! Just gorgeous!

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Digimon

1:34PM | Thu, 08 September 2005

Another perfect shot!

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Cosme..D..Churruca

1:38PM | Thu, 08 September 2005

So delicate... so beautiful. Excellent photography !

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jcv2

3:08PM | Thu, 08 September 2005

So there you are, finding new exotic species that are hard to determine, perhaps you're gonna find new species! :) That would be fun, Heliconia Twopyntius LOL!

LICORNEDECRISTAL

3:34PM | Thu, 08 September 2005

wouahhhhhhhh......quelle merveille!!!!!!!!!!!!

ovag

5:01PM | Thu, 08 September 2005

What a serie of butterfly !! Amazing

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