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''Papilio demoleus'' is a common and widespread swallowtail butterfly. The butterfly is also known as the common lime butterfly, lemon butterfly, lime swallowtail, small citrus butterfly, chequered swallowtail, dingy swallowtail and citrus swallowtail. These common names refer to their host plants, which are usually citrus species such as the cultivated lime. Unlike most swallowtail butterflies, it does not have a prominent tail. The butterfly is a pest and invasive species from the Old World which has spread to the Caribbean and Central America. ==Description== The butterfly is tailless and has a wingspan 80–100 mm. Above, the background colour is black. A broad, irregular yellow band is found on the wings above, which is broken in the case of the forewing. Besides this the butterfly has a large number of irregular spots on the wing. The upper hindwing has a red tornal spot with blue edging around it. As the butterfly caterpillar ages, its hunger for leaf tissue continues to grow.〔 Detailed description as given in Bingham (1905): File:Lime Butterfly on Flower.JPG|Collecting nectar from chinarose at ABS Academy Campus, Durgapur, West Bengal, India File:Common Lime Butterfly Papilio demoleus UP by Kadavoor.jpg|Kerala, India File:Common Lime Butterfly Papilio demoleus by Kadavoor.JPG|Kerala, India File:Lime wings.jpg|The red tornal spot with blue edging File:Lime Butterfly (Papilio demoleus) in Narshapur, AP W IMG 0988.jpg|An older adult with orange spots File:Papilio demoleus ALT by kadavoor.jpg| mating File:Lime butterfly (Papilio demoleus stenelinus) male Rinca I.jpg|''P. d. stenelinus'' Rinca, Indonesia File:Lime butterfly (Papilio demoleus malayanus) male Changi Point S.jpg|''P. d. malayanus'' Singapore File:Lime butterfly pondicherry.jpg|Lime Butterfly, Pondicherry, India 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Papilio demoleus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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