AJP was walking over Tai Mo Shan in Hong Kong last month when he came across this butterfly. It is a Tawny Mime (Papilio agestor), a swallowtail. It is an unusual find in Hong Kong and the first specimen recorded there was found in 2002. The general description throughout its range in Asia is that it occurs in hilly regions - the location in Hong Kong fits accordingly. AJP also noticed that it was incredibly aggressive, seeing off any other butterfly it came across. Again that behaviour of flying a beat for long periods while attacking other large insects it encounters is characteristic of this species.
