Velvet Rose (Pachliopta kotzebuea) at Wings of Paradise Butterfly Conservatory, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. A native of Indonesia. Photographed on 6 January 2009. Native of Southeast Asia.www.inaturalist.org/observations/53430128
When I came closer this large (ca. 7 cm, thumb 23mm) caterpillar of a Paradise Birdwing was troubled and protruded a pair of "red sacks" (Osmaterium) .Ornithoptera paradisea (Paradise Birdwing)[det. by Keith Wolfe 2010, based on this photo]Tribe: Troidini (Birdwings)Subfamily: PapilioninaeFamily: Papilionidae (Swallowtail butterflies, Ritterfalter)Superfamily: PapilionoideaSuborder: GlossataOrder: Lepidoptera (butterflies, Schmetterlinge)Unfortunately I haven't seen the beautiful butterfly it becomes; but "Yawp Barbarian" shows an image:www.flickr.com/photos/48605023@N00/3658008392/Indonesia, W-Papua, Manokwari, Arfak Mts.: Syoubrig, 1450m asl, 13.08.2010(IMG_3973)
Summary[edit] Description: English: Pachliopta polyphontes at Lumpias Village, North Minahasa, North Sulawesi Bahasa Indonesia: Pachliopta polyphontes di Desa Lumpias, Minahasa Utara, Sulawesi Utara. Date: 23 March 2014, 11:47:37. Source: Own work. Author: A.S.Kono. Camera location1° 34′ 04.44″ N, 125° 00′ 39.81″ EView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 1.567899; 125.011057.