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    Default Fivebar Swordtail

    this is the season of macro out here. good number of butterflies & insects. pl identify this one. i had to use 100-400 mm to capture this one. very difficult to stalk it. thanks.
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    Looks like one of the swallowtails (Papilionidae) but I'm not sure as I don't have my field guide with me. You could PM our member Vikram Gupchup for the ID.
    I agree that telephoto lenses often work better for butterflies, especially the skittish ones. In fact I used to photograph a lot more butterflies when I used to use my Canon SX10, a megazoom compact camera . Of course, the finer details resolved with a macro lens do help. Including the "tail" here would have been better.
    TFS

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    Nice colourful species. Agree with Abhishek, a bit more space at the bottom would have been good. What was the aperture and shutter speed? Was it possible to move a bit more to the left? Agree on hind sight you can suggest a lot of things, but it might not be that easy to capture it in the field as it keeps flying around. Thanks for sharing.
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    looks like a fivebar swordtail.

    Arunachal is the place to be for butterflies!
    If you are interested, there is a butterflyindia meet happening around Roing around Oct- Nov. That's practically at your doorstep . You will have to join up the yahoo group or facebook group to attend.

    Also Flutters.org is a new website for indian butterfly related content. Do check it out.

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