アオスジアゲハ, Common bluebottle

和名: アオスジアゲハ, English: Common bluebottle, Binomial name: Graphium sarpedon (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Phylum: Arthropoda > Class: Insecta > Order: Lepidoptera > Family: Papilionidae > Genus: Graphium > Species: G. sarpedon

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こんぶくろ池自然博物公園のアオスジアゲハ, A Common bluebottle at Konbukuro-Pond Natural History Park.

　2016年7月23日、こんぶくろ池自然博物公園を散歩した。2, 3匹のアオスジアゲハが花の周りを飛び交っていた。光沢のある薄い青色の帯のある翅がとてもきれいだ。東アジア、東南アジア、オーストラリア北部の広い範囲に生息し、15の亜種に分かれると言う。
On July 23, 2016, I strolled in Konbukuro-Pond Natural History Park. Two or three Common bluebottles flew around flowers. Wing of broad pale blue medial band is very beautiful. It is said that it is found in South and Southeast Asia, as well as eastern Australia. There are approximately sixteen subspecies with differing geographical distributions.

　このアゲハチョウは飛び方が敏捷で素早い。花に止まらなければ写真を撮るのが難しい。幸いアオスジアゲハは数メートル先の木の花に止まって蜜を吸い始めたので写真を撮れた。この木はイヌザンショウかカラスザンショウのようだが、木の高さが2m程度であり葉が小さいことからイヌザンショウと思われる。
The Common Bluebottle is known for quick flight and rapid reactions. Consequently, it is difficult to take photos unless it rests on the flower. Fortunately, I was able to take photos because the butterfly stayed on the blossoms of several meters ahead and had begun to eat honey. This tree seems to be Zanthoxylum schinifolium or Japanese Prickly-ash (Zanthoxylum ailanthoides), but it seems to be the Zanthoxylum schinifolium because the height of the tree is about 2 m and the leaves are small.

(Konbukuro-Pond Natural History Park, Chiba, Japan, 09:38, Jul. 23, 2016, D810)