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Common Bluebottle

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Special Natural Monument
Insects

Common Bluebottle

Graphium doson

The Common Bluebottle is a beautiful swallowtail with pale blue-white bands on black wings. It lives mainly in warm regions, and in Japan it is found in the southwest. "The Common Bluebottle of Kochi City and its habitat" is a Special Natural Monument, and habitats at Mt. Shizuki in Hagi, Yamaguchi, and in Usuki, Oita, are also Natural Monuments.

Scientific name
Graphium doson
Group
Insects
Prefectures
Yamaguchi, Kochi, Oita
日本語
ミカドアゲハ
简体中文
统帅青凤蝶

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The Common Bluebottle (Graphium doson) is protected as a Special Natural Monument of Japan (3 designations). The Common Bluebottle is a beautiful…

The Common Bluebottle is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Yamaguchi, Kochi, Oita.

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