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File:Common Mormon Papilio polytes Female Form Romulus by kadavoor.jpg, not featured[edit]
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Info Common Mormon (Papilio polytes) Female, Form Romulus. This is a common species of swallowtail butterfly widely distributed across Asia. This butterfly is known for the mimicry displayed by the numerous forms of its females which mimic inedible Red-bodied Swallowtails, such as the Common Rose and the Crimson Rose. This female form mimics the Crimson Rose and is common over its range. It is easy to differentiate the mimics from models by the colour of their body—the models are red-bodied and the mimics are black-bodied. All by me -- Jkadavoor (Jee) (talk) 09:30, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
Support with some sad news. -- Jkadavoor (Jee) (talk) 09:30, 18 August 2012 (UTC)- Support --JLPC (talk) 16:48, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
weak oppose Nice, but the right corner of the butterfly has a pice of spider web sticked on it, which is blurred Poco a poco (talk) 20:03, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
- Yes; but it reveals how adventures there little life which lasts only a few weeks. -- Jkadavoor (Jee) (talk) 03:51, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
- Oppose Harsh lighting, lack of detail in the eyes/head. Otherwise nice.
decltype(talk) 11:10, 19 August 2012 (UTC) - Support -- JDP90 (talk) 16:28, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
- SupportGood image for the living. Very good caption --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 18:05, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
- Oppose -- I know it is probably not fair to compare this picture with our best FP of butterflies, but I couldn't help to do it. And concluded that neither the composition nor the image quality (light, detail, contrast) are comparable with them (with this one, for example). What I don't like in this picture is the apparently random framing (crop?), the uninteresting composition and the flat lighting. Please go on trying! -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 14:06, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
- Good points. This was taken in the low evening lights. The subject is very restless and perch only in the evening to take rest or to taking small warm-ups in the available lights as in this case. (They will not perch on flowers; drink nectar on flight while flapping the wings like a humming bird.) So I was in a hurry and the subject is already detected my presence behind probably from the sound of my foot impressions. There is some motion on the head and it flew away immediately. (Not an argument; some interesting points about the behavior of the subject.) -- Jkadavoor (Jee) (talk) 15:53, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
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Result: 4 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 17:22, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
