Image:TS001 Pachliopta hector.jpg

[edit] Summary

[edit] 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 UN side markings very clearly.
• This image is loaded at Wikimedia in the name ' TS001_Pachliopta_hector.jpg'.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Associated images

• Another photo of the same butterfly is also uploaded as ' TS002_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'.

[edit] Credits

• The image is created by and is the contribution of Dr Tarique Sani, tarique@sanisoft.com>.
• See his web site at : http://tariquesani.net/
• See his collection of butterfly photographs at : http://tariquesani.net/thumbnails.php?album=51.
• Uploaded by User:Nature Loader with specific permission of Dr Tarique Sani.

[edit] Photography Data

• Photographed at Nagpur, Maharashtra, India on 10 Apr 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 04:41, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Licensing

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