Glassy bluebottle
The glassy bluebottle is a swallowtail butterfly with see-through windows in its wings. The clear parts are pale greenish yellow, like coloured glass, and the edges are black. Under its back wings it has thin crimson marks.
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Fun facts
Its caterpillar is green, with a yellow bar across its body that sticks out on both sides like a yoke.
The tail end of the caterpillar has two sharp points that touch at the tips.
The male has a brush of long white hairs on the inside of his back wings.
It is a common butterfly and is not in danger.
Most asked questions about Glassy bluebottle
?Why is it called the glassy bluebottle?
Because parts of its wings are see-through and shine pale greenish like glass.
?Is the glassy bluebottle rare?
No. It is a common tropical butterfly and is not in danger.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Graphium cloanthus
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Papilionidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Papilionidae
- Lives on
- Asia
Where the facts come from
- Graphium cloanthus (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Atanu Bose Photography. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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