Spangle butterfly mud-puddling in Cherrapunjee

A Spangle butterfly or Papilio protenor mud puddles in slow motion, in wet soil in Meghalaya, with cicadas calling in the background forest audio.

These butterflies are most commonly seen in India, from Jammu and Kashmir to Arunachal Pradesh and in Nepal, Bhutna, Bangladesh and Myanmar.
Spangles prefer wooded hillside up to 2,590 m and usually keep to undergrowth. The often visit gardens for food plants like Murraya koenigii and Zanthoxylum alatum. Their flight is usually leisurely but rapid if alarmed.

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