Common Green Charaxes cheerful art commonly known as the magnificent

commonly known as the magnificent swallowtail

Papilio garamas

and appears as a stray as far north as Texas in the U

Torynorrhina flammea is a flower beetle that is native to Thailand

The background photograph was taken by MyMy Butterfly in the Inman Park neighborhood of Atlanta

Common Green Charaxes cheerful art commonly known as the magnificentCharaxes eupale can be found in the lowland evergreen forests of Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, Zambia, Uganda, Sudan, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, & Malawi. Their green coloring is due to pigmentation, as opposed to the color being produced structurally (scales). This specimen is encased in a 3 x 4 frame.