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A small butterfly, the green dragontail has a wingspan of 40 to 55 millimetres (1.6 to 2.2 in). It is basically black and white in colour scheme, it has a very large white-tipped tail, 25 to 40 millimetres (0.98 to 1.57 in) long.
The zebra swallowtail has a wingspan of 6.4 to 10.4 cm (2.5 to 4.1 in). [4] The triangular wings are white to greenish white with black longitudinal stripes. A pair of swordlike tails extend from the hindwings. [3] The inner margin of the hindwing has two blue spots on the corner and a red spot near the body. [3]
Hindwing: the transverse white band of the forewing is continued straight across and ends in a point on the outer half of vein 3, but is not hyaline along its outer margin; posterior half of the wing dull dark brown, irrorated (sprinkled) towards the base of the long narrow tail at vein 4 with white scales; cilia black, white below vein 5 and ...
Aurivillius in Seitz places evombar and antheus in the policenes Group Subgroup 1 circumscribed-Hindwing with a long, narrow tail of uniform width at vein 4. Frons black with white lateral margins. Wings above with green or greenish white markings. Cell of the forewing with 5 — 6 transverse bands or spots.Both wings with submarginal spots.
Cilia white, with a brown basal band; tail black, tipped with white. Underside grey with a slight ochreous tinge, markings brownish. Forewing with a pair of bars across the middle of the cell, and a pair across the end, a pair in the disc, from near the costa to vein 3, continued a little inwards to the hinder margin in two pieces, all with ...
3 pairs of long legs whereas E. core has 2 pairs of short legs. This can be observed when the butterflies are at rest; The inner (sub terminal) row of white markings on the hindwing are long and pointed towards the body; A prominent white spot in the forewing cell; 3 pairs of long legs whereas E. core has 2 pairs of short legs. This can be ...
Graphium policenes, the common swordtail or small striped swordtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in tropical Africa. [2] [3] The wingspan is 55–60 mm in males and 60–65 mm in females. The species has continuous broods during warmer months. [3]
Heliconius ismenius, the Ismenius tiger or tiger heliconian, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae found in Central America and northern South America. They are abundant as far south as Ecuador and Venezuela and as far north as southern Mexico, Guatemala and Belize. [2] H. ismenius are more commonly called the tiger-striped long wing butterfly.