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The Tailed Redbreast (''Papilio janaka'') is a well-marked swallowtail butterfly found in India. ==Description== The Tailed Redbreast closely resembles ''Papilio bootes'' but differs as follows : *Male Upperside; ground-colour a duller more greyish-black, the outer half of the hind wing darker; the elongate discal white series of spots extended into interspace 2, sometimes also into interspace 5; beyond these the dark red markings are as in P. bootes, but there is in addition a postdiscal series of red lunules, that at the tornal angle coalesces with the admarginal spot. *Underside; similar to that of P. bootes, but with the additional white spots as on the upperside, these however in many specimens are much irrorated with red scales ; the red at the base of the wings are more extended than in ''P. bootes'' and continue along the dorsal margin of the hind wing in a long streak. *Female; similar to the male, but the groundcolour on the upperside paler, a spot of red at the base of the fore wing; the postdiscal markings on the hind wing white, only tinged with red. Underside is similar to the upperside; the red at the base of the wings continues along the dorsal margin as in the male.〔Bingham, C. T. (1905) ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma''. Butterflies. Volume 1〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Papilio janaka」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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