My Best Butterfly Photos: Part IV

Continuing with My Favorite Butterfly Photos:

Citrus Butterfly

Cloudless Sulphur

Clysonymus Longwing

Common Eggfly

Common Leopard

Common Mormon Female

Common Rose

Common Windmill

Congo White

Cream Stripped Swordtail

Citrus Butterfly

Today's 's "5" Star Photo comes from the Asian and South Pacific. However, it has now spread throughout most of the tropical climates of the world.  It is a Citrus Butterfly, aptly named because it prefers cultivated lime and other citrus trees. Although beautiful, it is considered a "pest" and an invasive species. It's aggressive nature,  strong flight, and continual development of agriculture in the tropics has lead to its expansion.  It is one of the few Swallowtail butterflies that doesn't have a prominent tail. 

Citrus Butterfly

Butterflies - Part II

More Butterflies from the Tucson Botanical Garden:

Cairns Birdwing (male on left, female on right)

Cairns Birdwing mating

Friar

Citrus Butterfly

Giant Owl Butterfly