Papilio maackii

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Papilio maackii

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A spectacular subspecies of this butterfly.
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Papilio maackii jezoensis male Japan
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Indeed, quite spectacular!
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A beautiful photo of a live P. maackii -

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Also, see this amazing, captive-reared example of maackii posted by mokky last June -

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Re: Papilio maackii

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This and the original specimen above are spring form males, which are really vivid but actually quite small, especially compared to the summer form.

The name jezoensis is a junior synonym. Japanese maackii is either placed in subspecies tutanus or that is considered a synonym of nominate maackii depending on opinion.

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