Papilio protenor, the spangle, is a butterfly found in India belonging to the swallowtail family.
Papilio protenor
Papilio protenor demetrius
Spangles mating
Spangle mud-puddling with red Helens.
Papilio is a genus in the swallowtail butterfly family, Papilionidae, as well as the only representative of the tribe Papilionini. The word papilio is Latin for butterfly.
Papilio
Papilio machaon gorganus
Broad green-banded swallowtail (Papilio chrapkowskii), Kenya
Narrow blue-banded swallowtail (Papilio nireus), Uganda