Tailed green jay butterfly

Atop a drying leaf, a tailed green jay butterfly rests peacefully. Its wings are fully spread, seemingly basking in the sunlight filtering through the leaves, resting, recharging its energy for another flight to the colorful flower garden.

Its perfectly spread wings display a stunningly beautiful pattern, bright green spots blending with jet black like jewels reflecting the light of life in the darkness of night. However, it's important to know that behind its current beauty lies a very bitter story.

It began as an egg, preyed upon by ants, then transformed into a caterpillar, increasingly sought after by other predators. After becoming a voracious caterpillar often ignored or even considered a disgusting creature, it enters its most complex phase. It now sleeps in a narrow, dark space called a cocoon. Time has passed, the complex phase has passed, and now it has become an extraordinary creature, able to fly here and there, soaring through the air.

Latin nameGraphium agamemnon
Observation date9 Nov, 2025
Camera usedrealme 7 Pro
Photographers@reachdreams
LocationAceh, Indonesia
Link to original community

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/325610625

LatitudeLongitudeMap
4.69513596.7493993https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=4.695135&mlon=96.7493993


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Exquisite way of narrating the story of such a beautifully captured specimen. My applause!

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Wow the colors of the butterfly wings are so fascinating and clear.... I admire your photography skill 😀

!PIZZA
!PAKX

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