Battus polydamas (Swallowtail sp.)

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Adults (8 - 9 cm wingspan) visit the flowers of Lantana camara, as on the photo.
Note that the underside of the thorax has red spots and the hind wings have no tails.
This is the subspecies Battus polydamas polydamas.

Minca area, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, 24 October 2014

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