Asian Swallowtail Butterflies

The large and beautiful swallowtail butterfly is a well-deserved star group among all butterflies. This picture mainly shows the butterflies from the subgenus Achillides, which are only distributed in Asia. Butterflies in this subgenus are famous for their shiny lustrous scales. It is also called peacock swallowtail because its emerald green scales and eye-shaped markings on the hind wings. According to the latest classification system, there are 22 species within the subgenus Achillide, which are distributed from Afghanistan in the west to Papua New Guinea in the east, from Russia in the north to Australia in the south.
In the middle of the picture, the butterfly with a wide green stripe is the famous Papilio blumei, which is currently commercialized in butterfly farms of many countries. It is mainly distributed in islands from the Philippines, Indonesia to Papua New Guinea, and contain many subspecies.
The butterfly above the label is called Luzon peacock swallowtail (Papilio hermeli), which is now classified as a subspecies of Papilio chikae. This species is only native to Luzon and Mindoro in the Philippines. It is a internationally protected species, but the jail on Luzon Island near its habitat encourages prisoners to catch and sell it as a commodity because it is expensive in the market.
On the top left, the butterfly with a large erythema on its hind wings is the aurora swallowtail (Atrophaneura horishana), a unique species of Taiwan. It is only found in the high mountains at an altitude of 1,500 to 2,500 meters of the Central Mountain Range. It is a protected species.
The butterfly with long tail in the upper-left corner is Graphium androcles, the butterfly with the longest tail in the world.