Thursday, May 18, 2006

Chinese Yellow Swallowtail

Papilio xuthus.

JARED: This butterfly is called a namiageha in Japanese. In English, it has 3 names: Chinese Yellow Swallowtail, Citrus Swallowtail, and Asian Swallowtail. Mom saw it when she was walking to the train station in Houhoku. This kind of butterfly is in season from April to October. It looks like a hummingbird when it flaps its wings quickly. It's beautiful, so I rate it 5 insect legs out of 6.

EVERETT: It looks like a zebra butterfly. He's colorful. He's smelling the flower. I like him!



3 Comments:

Blogger Speaka said...

Noah agrees, "I like him!"

5/20/2006 3:03 PM  
Blogger Turning Japanese said...

Pretty!

5/22/2006 10:56 AM  
Anonymous jared said...

Thanks. My mom found him. You have a new picture, Speaka. Are you drinking beer?

5/24/2006 8:24 PM  

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