File:TS002 Pachliopta hector.jpg

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Summary

Crimson Rose

  • This is a photograph of Crimson Rose, Pachliopta hector, a beautiful butterfly of the Swallowtail family (Papilionidae) native to India. It shows the UP side markings very clearly.
  • This image is loaded at Wikimedia in the name ' TS002_Pachliopta_hector.jpg'.

Mimicry

  • The genus Pachliopta represents the Red-bodied Swallowtails which are inedible due to the choice of their larval foodplants. Accordingly they are mimicked by some inedible butterflies.
  • See images of the female Common Mormon Papilio polytes in Wikimedia.

Associated images

  • Another photo of the same butterfly is also uploaded as ' TS001_Pachliopta_hector.jpg'.
  • The photos of the butterfly mimic are also on Wikimedia under the names :-

'TS008_Papilio_polytes_female_form_romulus.jpg'. 'TS009_Papilio_polytes_female_form_romulus.jpg'.

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Photography Data

  • Photographed at Nagpur, Maharashtra, India on 23 Aug 2005.
  • Size 182 KB, 1024x768 pixels.
  • Photographed with Nikon D70, f5.6, 5/1000 sec, focal length 320mm.
  • Flash, Auto-Mode, Return light detected.

Nature Loader 04:44, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

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