Bug FAQParis Peacock Swallowtail
Papilio paris · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Papilionidae
Also called: Paris Peacock
The Paris peacock swallowtail has a wingspan of roughly 106 to 132 mm. Its upperwings are black with dark-green speckles that form an incomplete narrow band, while the hindwing shows green speckles, a shining blue patch, and a claret-red eyespot edged with a violet-blue line. It lives in the Himalayas from Kumaon to Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, the hills of Assam, Burma, Tenasserim, Thailand and the Malay Peninsula, and is common in Sikkim up to about 1500 m.
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How to recognize it
Upperwings are black with dark-green speckles that coalesce into an incomplete postdiscal band; hindwing has green speckles forming narrow diffuse bands, a bright blue patch, and a prominent claret-red eyespot with a short violet-blue line.
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Size
Wingspan ranges from about 106 to 132 mm.
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Where it lives
Common in Sikkim, occurring from the Terai up to roughly 5,000 ft (1,500 m).
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Where it comes from
Native to the Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia.
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More photos
Same family (Papilionidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papilio_paris
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Text written 2026-10-24 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.