The Emerald Swallowtail (Papilio palinurus) is a butterfly found primarily in South East Asia. It is also referred to as Emerald Peacock or Green-banded Peacock Swallowtail.
There are several subspecies (from Burma, Borneo, Indonesia, Nias and the Philippines).
The wingspan is about 100 mm.
Source: Wikipedia
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My greatest passion in photography is to capture the wonderful Butterfly. I hope you will enjoy my photos of Butterflies as much I do to watch them and to catch their beauty with my photographs. My camera is a Canon EOS 350D with a Canon Close-Up lens 250D. Thank you so much for your visit, the kind comments, the great support and the Love for Butterflies!
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stunning butterfly, it looks like it has a dusting of iridescent green and beautiful purple body and eyes, beautiful.
One of my favorite butterflies!
Thank you so much for the kind support.

Beautiful green Paradise… Love your butterfly! Fantastic!
Featured in Colour and Light November 22/2010
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