Papilio pericles

Papilio pericles is also a very nice butterfly from Australasia / Indomalaya ecozone (Australia). The first description was in 1865 by Wallace. With a wingspan of 7.0 – 9.0 cm Papilio pericles is a small member of the family PAPILIONIDAE. The butterfly is black with iridescence blue areas. Hind wings have broad tails. Papilio peranthus is a butterfly of the Australasia / Indomalaya ecozone (Australia). You can observe this butterfly in Timor. Papilio pericles is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found from the Philippines and Malaysia to Indonesia. The wingspan is 70–90 mm. Philippines and Malaysia to Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Borneo and Sulawesi)