Graphium sarpedon

The Common bluebottle (Graphium sarpedon) is a species of swallowtail butterfly. It is found in South and Southeast Asia and in parts of Australia. There are 15 subspecies with different geographical distributions.

Common bluebottle
Graphium sarpedon choredon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Graphium
Species:	G. sarpedon
Binomial name
Graphium sarpedon Linnaeus, 1758

Graphium Sarpedon Media

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  Common blue bottle at Osaka, Japan

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  Common bluebottle at Keitakuen

• Slow motion video of a common bluebottle in Kanagawa, Japan

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  Subspecies G. s. bingham - woodcut from The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma

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  Graphium sarpedon found on Odaiba in the center of Tokyo

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  Feeding on Lantana camara. The ventral surface of the wings are visible.