Eukaryota >Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Papilionidae > Papilio > Papilio ambrax epigius
Found in northern Queensland, Aru Islands and Papua New Guinea.
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Ambrax butterfly - Papilio ambrax epigius on Cats Whisker flower near Daintree River - Photo by Alex Pawlow
It is a large Swallowtail butterfly, that is mostly black with white patches and red crescent shaped spots on the bottom of its wings (lower and upper).
It is quite common in the Daintree Region.
