Sunday, September 3, 2023

A Friendly Swallowtail Butterfly

 A Friendly Swallowtail Butterfly 

What does it mean to see - more so to touch, or be touched by - a swallowtail butterfly? Common cultural depiction often use swallowtail butterflies to represent the grace and free nature of the ineffable human soul. Other concepts associated with swallowtail butterflies are hope, endurance, change, and life. 

Photographs and mural background by Dr Abe V Rotor
Model: Miss Riyzza Mae Rotor Carbonel
Living with Nature Center - San Vicente Botanical Garden
San Vicente, Ilocos Sur

"Butterflies are nature's angels. They remind us what a gift it is to be alive." 
— Robyn Nola

Papilio is a genus in the swallowtail butterfly family, Papilionidae, as well as the only representative of the tribe Papilionini. The word papilio is Latin for butterfly. 

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