Great windmill (Byasa dasarada)

Great windmill, a reference photo — Photo: Balakrishnan Valappil · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

Byasa dasarada, the great windmill, is a large butterfly found in India that belongs to the windmills genus, Byasa, comprising tailed black swallowtail butterflies with white spots and red submarginal crescents.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Great windmill being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Byasa polyeuctes
Byasa impediens
Epicopeia polydora
Byasa mencius

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Byasa
Species: Byasa dasarada

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