Papilio pericles

Papilio pericles, the lyretailed phoenix or timor blue swallow tail or pericles's giant blue machaon is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. it is found on Timor and the surrounding islands eastward to the Tanimbar archipelago.

The wingspan is 70–90 mm.

Other reading

 * Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach, 1998 Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the world Part I (1), Papilionidae Papilionidae I: Papilio, Subgenus Achillides, Bhutanitis, Teinopalpus. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach.  Keltern : Goecke & Evers; Canterbury : Hillside Books ISBN 9783931374624