Butterflies of Korea - Part II (The Jeju Years)

remnants of Common Bluebottle Graphium sarpedon 

Long Tail Spangle Papilio macilentus

Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas 

Chestnut Tiger Parantica sita

Red Helen Papilio helenus

Indian Fritillary Argyreus hyperbius

Asian Swallowtail Papilo xuthus 

  Many words in Korean are simple compounds of other words (eg: ankle = ‘foot throat’; seal = ‘water dog’; Long-tailed Duck = ‘ocean pheasant’; fish = 'water meat'), and it is quite rewarding and amusing when you start to piece together words on your own. When I first saw a Long Tail Spangle on Jeju, I wondered if it was called 'Jebi-nabi,' or 'Swallow-butterfly.' It is.