This magnificent male Sulawesi Blue Swallowtail is a pleasure to encounter as he rests in the early morning filtered light of a rainforest glade. The grey areas on the lower corners of the forewings are androconia. They are the scent scales on the wings of adult male insects that play an important role in attracting females. Papilio peranthus extends from the Philippines and Malaysia to Indonesia crossing the Wallace Line east of Borneo to Sulawesi and the Lesser Sunda Islands east of Bali
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