Monsoon Garden
কালিম । Common Mormon (Female; Form: romulus) - Papilio polytes
This female form of the Common Mormon mimics the Common Rose very closely but lacks red markings on body. This is the commonest form wherever the Common Rose flies. The female of the Common Mormon is polymorphic. In South Asia, it has three forms or morphs. These are as follows: cyrus, stichius, romulus.
The Common Mormon (Papilio polytes) is a common species of swallowtail butterfly (family: papilionidae) widely distributed across Asia. Seen round the year throughout India from plains up to 2000m. This butterfly is known for the mimicry displayed by the numerous forms of its females.
Host Plant: Putush, পুটুশ ( Lantana camara "Feston Rose")
Evergreen shrubs and perennial herbs with green leaves and spiny branches that bear globular flowers, intermittently year round. Flowerheads with yellow flowers in the center and fuchsia to purple flowers at the circumference. Poisonous plants though leaves are in traditional medicinal use.
Lantana camara is an invasive species and has covered large areas in India, Australia and much of Africa. It is believed to be indigenous to the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas in the United States.
Family: Papilionidae
Damodor River Bank, Durgapur
Monsoon Images of Bengal, India
Sigma 150-600mm 5-6.3 DG HSM OS Contemporary plus Nikon D7000
Monsoon Garden
কালিম । Common Mormon (Female; Form: romulus) - Papilio polytes
This female form of the Common Mormon mimics the Common Rose very closely but lacks red markings on body. This is the commonest form wherever the Common Rose flies. The female of the Common Mormon is polymorphic. In South Asia, it has three forms or morphs. These are as follows: cyrus, stichius, romulus.
The Common Mormon (Papilio polytes) is a common species of swallowtail butterfly (family: papilionidae) widely distributed across Asia. Seen round the year throughout India from plains up to 2000m. This butterfly is known for the mimicry displayed by the numerous forms of its females.
Host Plant: Putush, পুটুশ ( Lantana camara "Feston Rose")
Evergreen shrubs and perennial herbs with green leaves and spiny branches that bear globular flowers, intermittently year round. Flowerheads with yellow flowers in the center and fuchsia to purple flowers at the circumference. Poisonous plants though leaves are in traditional medicinal use.
Lantana camara is an invasive species and has covered large areas in India, Australia and much of Africa. It is believed to be indigenous to the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas in the United States.
Family: Papilionidae
Damodor River Bank, Durgapur
Monsoon Images of Bengal, India
Sigma 150-600mm 5-6.3 DG HSM OS Contemporary plus Nikon D7000