Papilio ulysses
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"Mountain blue" redirects here. For the pigment, see Azurite. For the other butterfly with this name, see Albulina pheretes.
Papilio ulysses, the Ulysses butterfly (also known as the blue mountain swallowtail butterfly or Blue emperor), is a large swallowtail butterfly, in the subgenus Achillides, of Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Its size varies depending on subspecies, but the wingspan is about 10.5 cm (4.1 in) in Queensland.[1]
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Ulysses butterfly | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Papilionidae |
Genus: | Papilio |
Species: | P. ulysses |
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Papilio ulysses | |
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This butterfly is used as an emblem for tourism in Queensland, Australia.