S. Superba Deliciosa 291108

This species is infrequently encountered in the nature reserves in Singapore, usually flying rapidly in the vicinity of flowering trees and shrubs. The upperside of the male is a lustrous purple with a blakc border on the forewing and an orange-red distal border on the hindwing. The female is bluish purple with a wider forewing border. The buff-brown underside has a narry reddish brown post-discal line on each wing, and the tornal area of the hindwing is red with black spots and metallic blue/green zigzagged lines.

The males possess two pairs of tails at veins 2 and 3, whilst females feature 3 pairs of tails with the additional pair at vein 4.