also known as the paper kite butterfly
rather the colors originate from optical interference
Unfortunately
but are completely harmless to humans because they cannot bite or sting
Chilasa paradoxa is a swallowtail butterfly found in
Calypso Paper White Butterfly also known as the paperBelenois calypso, the Calypso white or Calypso caper white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. It's preferred habitat consists of forests. The species occasionally