Location: Kunming, Yunnan, China
See G. s. connectens in Taiwan.
See G. s. connectens in China.
Common Bluebottle Graphium sarpedon luctatius
Location: Kunming, Yunnan, China
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Location: Kunming, Yunnan, China
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This is the coolest photo I have seen you post yet!!! I would love to see this species, it is so exotic and angular. Amazing job!!! Is it on mud?
Thanks Marshall. I really love the Bluebottles. But they are not easy to photograph. They are only still if they are puddling…and yes, I still have some of that red mud on my boots! I slogged around in it chasing this guy and a few others from a similar species.
Amazing 3D-effect and great colors. Wonderful butterfly!
Thanks Rüdiger! I really do love these guys. They are a real challenge to photograph, but they are spectacular.
Wow, that is so beautiful! Can you actually see through the green patches in the wings? What a spectacular butterfly and it is such a fresh specimen. Great picture.
Nick…the Bluebottles are fantastic! You would love them. But they are very difficult to photograph…typical Papilionidae…always flying about and when they do land, they just flit. The best shots are when they puddle, but even then, they are constantly turning this way and that…require a lot of patience and anticipating their next move. But you should see the upperside! Black and bright teal. Just stunning gorgeous. I do hope to get a good shot of that someday. I added links to 3 other subspecies (see post) if you are interested.