Papilio bianor

Description

Papilio bianor, the Chinese peacock black swallowtail emerald or Chinese peacock is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae, the swallowtails. It is native to Asia and Australia. Three of its subspecies are also known as West Himalayan common peacock, East Himalayan common peacock and Indo-Chinese common peacock. The subspecies Papilio bianor polyctor (better known as West Himalayan common peacock) is the state butterfly of the Indian state Uttarakhand.