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Tropical Swallowtail Moth

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Lyssa zampa, the tropical swallowtail moth or Laos brown butterfly, is a moth of the family Uraniidae. The species was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1869. The species is native to a wide range of tropical South-East Asia: Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines. Wikipedia

Lyssa zampa, the tropical swallowtail moth or Laos brown butterfly, is a moth of the family Uraniidae.

Singapore Geographic, Singapore Nature, Singapore Nature Photography

It is Singapore’s second largest moth after the atlas moth, with a wingspan of up to 16cm.

It’s Native to Singapore.

Base on the records’ it’s commonly seen during Mid of the year, Start from May – August

In Singapore, mass recent mass swarms have occurred in 2005, 2010, and 2014

Spotted at Choa Chu Kang – April 2021

Please refer to this article by Wiki-NUS for more information

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