Red ixora flowers and the Southern wing butterfly

[raghu ananth]

The red ixora red flowers are found blooming everywhere in the garden and the large southern wing butterflies attracted by this plant seem to abound.

Haldipur, Uttara Kannada

No. found : 15

Habitat: Home garden, Western ghats fringes

Oct 2010

Regards

Raghu

[mani nair]

Beautiful flower and butterfly.  Which is the butterfly?

Regards,

Mani.

[Neil Soares]

Hi,  Nice photograph!!  The Southern Birdwing [Troides minos] female is the largest among Indian butterflies.                        Regards,                         Neil Soares. --- On Thu, 10/28/10, mani nair <mani....@gmail.com> wrote:

[mani nair]

Thanks Dr. Neil, may I know the food plant of this butterfly?

Regards,

Mani.

[Neil Soares]

Hi,  Some species of Aristolochia [A.indica, A.tagala] are the foodplants of this butterfly.

[raghu ananth]

Southern bird wing Troides Minos,

the largest butterfly in South India

Thanks / Regards

Raghu

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[tanay bose]

Splendid !!

 

Raghu JI can you kidly send me the a bigger image i was want to make it my wallpaper

 

Thanks

Tanay

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[mani nair]

Thanks Dr. Neil,

Regards,

Mani.

[arjunan]

superb photograph & i assume butterflies are not easy to click,
because they move around quickly

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[JM Garg]

I think it may be Ixora chinensis Lam. as per keys and comparative images at Ixora

[Mahadeswara]

I too agree with the ID by Garg ji.