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Swallowtail blue

(Papilio bianor)

The wingspan slightly exceeds the span of the Maack tail carrier
and is approximately 100–110 millimeters. The dark velvety
background casts a blue and green gloss, there are reddish specks.
Life expectancy is one year.
In Russia, it is distributed on Sakhalin, about. Moneron, South Kuril
Islands (Kunashir, Iturup), Popov Island (Maritime Territory). On
Sakhalin, it lives in the vicinity of the villages of Mgachi, Leonidovo,
Elniki, the upper reaches of the river. Aleksandrovka (Makarovsky
district) and in the upper reaches of the river. Vengeri (Nabilsky ridge),
as well as in Nevelsky, Kholmsky, Anivsky, Korsakovsky, Dolinsky,
Kuril districts. In Makarovskiy, Poronayskiy, Smirnykhovskiy,
Tymovskiy districts he is supposedly a migrant. Outside of Russia, it
was recorded on the territory of China, Korea, Japan.

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