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title: "Common Jay"
description: "Graphium doson — Insetos e aranhas. Graphium doson, the common jay, is a black, tropical papilionid (swallowtail) butterfly with pale blue semi-transparent central wing bands that are formed by large spots."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/common-jay
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Jay

> Graphium doson — Insetos e aranhas. Graphium doson, the common jay, is a black, tropical papilionid (swallowtail) butterfly with pale blue semi-transparent central wing bands that are formed by large spots.

- Scientific name: *Graphium doson*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: `jungle` (Selva)
- iNaturalist observations: 10139
- Wikidata: [Q1768094](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1768094)
- iNaturalist taxon: [51576](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51576)

## Names

- en: Common Jay
- fr: Graphium commun

## Countries with the most observations

IN (4806), HK (1352), TW (1207), TH (623), ID (307), MY (255), CN (247), VN (169), KH (104), SG (96), LK (73), PH (67)

## Summary

Graphium doson, the common jay, is a black, tropical papilionid (swallowtail) butterfly with pale blue semi-transparent central wing bands that are formed by large spots. There is a marginal series of smaller spots. The underside of wings is brown with markings similar to upperside but whitish in colour. The sexes look alike. The species was first described by father and son entomologists Cajetan and Rudolf Felder.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphium_doson

## Photo

![Common Jay](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-jay/medium.jpg)

Photo: Vijay Barve · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/115778334

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-jay?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).