Common Green Charaxes SWAG Previously thought to produce the

Previously thought to produce the blue colour by Tyndall scattering

Dione vanillae is a longwing butterfly that’s most commonly found in the southern areas of the United States

they fly with their wing cases down

and South America

is a species of swallowtail butterfly that is found in Cameroon

Common Green Charaxes SWAG Previously thought to produce theCharaxes eupale can be found in the lowland evergreen forests of Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, Zambia, Uganda, Sudan, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, & Malawi. Their green coloring is due to pigmentation, as opposed to the color being produced structurally (scales). This specimen is encased in a 3"x4" frame.