Common Jay

Common Jay

Common Jay drinking water on the riverside.

English Common Name
Common Jay
Scientific name
Graphium doson
Taxonomy
Order: Lepidoptera, Family: Papilionidae
Size
About 4.5 cm (size of the wings)
Species Distribution
Southern Shikoku region in Japan, Southeast Asia
Its vivid blue-colored wings are characteristic of this species. Coloration and patterns on the wings varies based on locality. Those in mainland Japan are yellowish, those in the Yaeyama Group are the bluest, and the ones in the Okinawa Group are colored in-between. Adults lay eggs on trees of Michelia compressa and M. compressa var. formosana, and larvae feed on the tree leaves.

Updated July 2017

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