Papilio janaka
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The Tailed Redbreast is a well-marked swallowtail
butterfly found in India
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but differs as follows :
Swallowtail butterfly
Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies that form the family Papilionidae. There are over 550 species, and though the majority are tropical, members of the family are found on all continents except Antarctica...
butterfly found in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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Description
The Tailed Redbreast closely resembles Papilio bootesPapilio bootes
The Tailed Redbreast is a beautiful swallowtail butterfly found in India.-Description:Male upperside velvety black. Fore wing with pale internervular streaks that do not reach the terminal margin and only obscurely extend into the cell...
but differs as follows :
- Male Upperside; ground-colour a duller more greyish-black, the outer half of the hind wing darker; the elongate discal white series of spots extended into interspace 2, sometimes also into interspace 5; beyond these the dark red markings are as in P. bootes, but there is in addition a postdiscal series of red lunules, that at the tornal angle coalesces with the admarginal spot.
- Underside; similar to that of P. bootes, but with the additional white spots as on the upperside, these however in many specimens are much irrorated with red scales ; the red at the base of the wings are more extended than in P. bootes and continue along the dorsal margin of the hind wing in a long streak.
- Female; similar to the male, but the groundcolour on the upperside paler, a spot of red at the base of the fore wing; the postdiscal markings on the hind wing white, only tinged with red. Underside is similar to the upperside; the red at the base of the wings continues along the dorsal margin as in the male.