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Knight butterfly

We are delighted that Walter Bock has become the sponsor of the platypus!

  • Name
    Knight butterfly
  • Scientific Name
    Graphium colonna
  • Sponsor
    Marc Zaglmayr
  • Location
    Wissenschaftliche Schmetterlings-Sammlung (nicht öffentlich)

Knight butterfly

We congratulate Marc Zaglmayr on his sponsorship, which he won as 2nd prize in the Alexander Koenig Society's photo competition "Animals in local waters" in the under 18s category.

Knight butterfly family (Papilionidae), also known as the "Black Mamba Swallowtail". Widespread in tropical Africa.

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