5 Yuan Swallowtail Butterfly

Reverse

Swallowtail Butterfly and denomination

Lettering:
中国珍稀野生动物 — 金斑喙凤蝶
5元

Edge

Alternating reeded and plain sections (nine sections each containing eight reeds)

Comment

Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies in the family Papilionidae, and include over 550 species. Though the majority are tropical, members of the family inhabit every continent except Antarctica. The family includes the largest butterflies in the world, the birdwing butterflies of the genus Ornithoptera. Swallowtails have a number of distinctive features; for example, the papilionid caterpillar bears a repugnatorial organ called the osmeterium on its prothorax. The osmeterium normally remains hidden, but when threatened, the larva turns it outward through a transverse dorsal groove by inflating it with fluid.

Interesting fact

Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
1999		-	-	-	-	-	-

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