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(c) Lam Wing Yi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Common Jay

Graphium doson

Worldwide: 10,647 observations
Group: Insects

About

Graphium doson, the common jay, is a black, tropical papilionid (swallowtail) butterfly with pale blue semi-transparent central wing bands that are formed by large spots. There is a marginal series of smaller spots. The underside of wings is brown with markings similar to upperside but whitish in colour. The sexes look alike. The species was first described by father and son entomologists Cajetan and Rudolf Felder.

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