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Hong Kong Biodiversity Database
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General Information
Graphium agamemnon agamemnon
Tailed Jay
Animal Group:
Butterfly
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Papilionidae
Subfamily:
Papilioninae
Other Common Name(s):
Tailed Green Jay
Description:
Caterpillars feed on
Michelia alba
. Wingspan ranges from 70 to90mm. They occur from March to December.
Conservation Status
AFCD Assessment
Common
Distribution
Distribution in Hong Kong
Widely distributed throughout Hong Kong
Global Distribution
Nepal, Noutheast India, China, Taiwan
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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.
Hill, D.S., Johnson, G., Bascombe, M.J., 1978. Annotated Checklist of Hong Kong Butterflies.
Memoirs of the Hong Kong Natural History Society
11: 1-62.
