Hong Kong Biodiversity Database

Hong Kong Biodiversity Database

General Information

Graphium sarpedon sarpedon Common Bluebottle
Animal Group:	Butterfly
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Subfamily:	Papilioninae
Other Name(s):	Papilio sarpedon
Description:	Caterpillars feed on Litsea glutinosa and Cinnamomum camphora. Wingspan ranges from 70 to 85mm. They occur from February to November.

Conservation Status

AFCD Assessment

Very Common

Distribution

Distribution in Hong Kong Widely distributed throughout Hong Kong Global Distribution NE India, continental China, Hainan, Philippines

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References

More on Butterfly in HK

Bascombe, M.J., Johnston, G., Bascombe, F.S. 1999. The butterflies of Hong Kong. Academic Press.

Young, J.J., Yiu, V. 2002. Butterfly Watching in Hong Kong. Wan Li Book Co Ltd.