Beautiful Anise Swallowtail | 10% Beneficiary to shy-fox

Being said that this is one of our rarest and most beautiful butterflies. It can be occasionally seen flying over vegetation, stopping to rest on the grass, or making a long stop to feed on flowers. This lovely butterfly is called the Anise Swallowtail which is also similar to Citrus Swallowtail likes lots of kinds of flowers. This typical butterfly can be differently identified from other swallowtails by a large amount of black on the front portion of the fore wing and the amount of blue on the hind wing.

I found it just this late afternoon in vegetation plants, and I thought that would be easy for me to catch but soon after I got a few pictures, it took off and flew away. The butterfly was probably out of its range during the twentieth century but has brought benefits within butterflies over the last few decades from conservation management aimed at increasing open fen vegetation.

I guess I was lucky I found it before the rain and it stayed still hanging on the wild grass which allowed me to take pictures from a different angle. This butterfly usually did not make a longer stop in one place, it was quite active in the daylight, I think because the cloudy day made it a little bit calm.

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Camera	Nikon D7000
Category	Insect Photography
Lens	Tamron Tele-Macro 70-300