Souvenir Sheet: Milon's Swallowtail (Graphium milon) (Antigua and Barbuda 2000)
Milon's Swallowtail (Graphium milon) (Antigua and Barbuda 2000)
29 May (Antigua and Barbuda ) within release Butterflies goes into circulation Souvenir Sheet Milon's Swallowtail (Graphium milon) face value 6 East Caribbean dollar
| Souvenir Sheet Milon's Swallowtail (Graphium milon) in catalogues | |
|---|---|
| Michel: | Mi:AG BL451 |
| Stamp Number: | Sn:AG 2327 |
| Yvert et Tellier: | Yt:AG BF451 |
Souvenir Sheet is horizontal format.
Also in the issue Butterflies:
- Souvenir Sheet - Reakirt's Blue (Hemiargus isola) face value 6;
- Souvenir Sheet - Milon's Swallowtail (Graphium milon) face value 6;
- Souvenir Sheet - Swordtail Butterfly (Graphium encelades) face value 6;
- Mini Sheet - Mini Sheet with 6 Butterflies face value 9.90;
- Mini Sheet - Mini Sheet with 6 Butterflies face value 9.90;
- Mini Sheet - Mini Sheet with 6 Butterflies face value 9.90;
- Stamp - Morpho patroclus face value 1.65;
- Stamp - Blue tharops face value 1.65;
- Stamp - Gold-drop helicopis face value 1.65;
- Stamp - Doris face value 1.65;
- Stamp - Bia actorion face value 1.65;
- Stamp - Euploea miniszeki face value 1.65;
- Stamp - Ghost brimstone face value 1.65;
- Stamp - Mesosemia loruhama face value 1.65;
- Stamp - Evenus coronata face value 1.65;
- Stamp - Cramer's mesene face value 1.65;
- Stamp - Anchisiades swallowtail face value 1.65;
- Stamp - White-spotted tadpole face value 1.65;
- Stamp - Orange theope face value 1.65;
- Stamp - Catasticta manco face value 1.65;
- Stamp - White-tailed page face value 1.65;
- Stamp - Graphium androcles face value 1.65;
- Stamp - Papilio velovis face value 1.65;
- Stamp - Sloane's urania face value 1.65;
Souvenir Sheet Milon's Swallowtail (Graphium milon) it reflects the thematic directions:
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises the large superfamily Papilionoidea, which contains at least one former group, the skippers (formerly the superfamily "Hesperioidea") and the most recent analyses suggest it also contains the moth-butterflies (formerly the superfamily "Hedyloidea"). Butterfly fossils date to the Paleocene, which was about 56 million years ago. Butterflies have the typical four-stage insect life cycle. Winged adults lay eggs on the food plant on which their larvae, known as caterpillars, will feed. The caterpillars grow, sometimes very rapidly, and when fully developed, pupate in a chrysalis. When metamorphosis is complete, the pupal skin splits, the adult insect climbs out, and after its wings have expanded and dried, it flies off. Some butterflies, especially in the tropics, have several generations in a year, while others have a single generation, and a few in cold locations may take several years to pass through their whole life cycle. Butterflies are often polymorphic, and many species make use of camouflage, mimicry and aposematism to evade their predators. Some, like the monarch and the painted lady, migrate over long distances. Many butterflies are attacked by parasites or parasitoids, including wasps, protozoans, flies, and other invertebrates, or are preyed upon by other organisms. Some species are pests because in their larval stages they can damage domestic crops or trees; other species are agents of pollination of some plants. Larvae of a few butterflies (e.g., harvesters) eat harmful insects, and a few are predators of ants, while others live as mutualists in association with ants. Culturally, butterflies are a popular motif in the visual and literary arts.
