It is wonderful to visit the Bangalore Butterfly Club FB page once in a while and admire the stunning pictures of a variety of butterflies that live in and around the city. The narrow-banded bluebottle (Graphium teredon) in particular, a black, tropical papilionid butterfly, with pale blue semi-transparent central wing bands, made a striking photograph on the page. Rohit Girotra the administrator of the Bangalore Butterfly Club FB page, who works with Oracle, says, “The narrow-banded bluebottle is a very beautiful looking butterfly. the common bluebottle. They breed on plants such as cinnamon and miliusa tomentosa (Kari hessare) and are on the wing throughout the year.

Source: The Hindu July 25, 2017 12:45 UTC