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Papilio rumanzovia, el mormón escarlata o mormón rojo] es una mariposa de la familia Papilionidae
La envergadura es de 120-140 mm. El macho carece de la cola en el ala inferior y tiene grandes manchas rojas en el lado ventral (debajo) de las alas. Por el contrario, la hembra tiene marcas rojas distintas a ambos lados de las alas.
Las larvas se alimentan de especies de cítricos.
Wikipedia: Papilio memnon, the great Mormon, is a large butterfly native to southern Asia that belongs to the swallowtail family. It is widely distributed and has thirteen subspecies. The female is polymorphic and with mimetic forms.
Its range includes north-eastern India (including Sikkim, Assam and Nagaland), Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Andaman Islands (stragglers only), western, southern and eastern China (including Hainan), Taiwan, southern Japan including Ryukyu Islands, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Kampuchea, Malaysia and Indonesia (Sumatra, Mentawai Islands, Nias, Batu, Simeulue, Bangka, Java, Kalimantan and the Lesser Sunda Islands).
Originally called Grovont, the area just east of Blacktail Butte, near the Gros Ventre River, provided farmable land to hardy Mormon settlers in the 1890s. Unlike most homesteaders of the period, the Mormons tended to build farming communities rather than isolated sites, leveraging shared labor and cooperative irrigation plans to strengthen their settlement.
With the establishment of Grand Teton National Park and subsequent expansion to encompass this land, most of the settling families abandoned their farms by the 1950s. Two iconic barns remain along Mormon row, this one belonging to Thomas Alma (T.A.) Moulton, and one just out of frame to the right, beyond the pink stucco home, built by John Moulton.
It's easy, in contemporary times, to think that these settlers picked their sites based on the stunning backdrop of the Teton range just beyond their pastures. But this land is rocky, heavily populated by bison and antelope, and situated on the high plains north of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, with short growing seasons, harsh conditions throughout much of the year, and exceedingly spare resources. Idyllic today, it would have been an absolute labor of love and endurance to live here in their time.
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Light through the translucent wings of the Common Mormon (papilio polytes), a vibrant female butterfly. Fragile and quite beautiful.
Common Mormon butterfly
Papilio polytes, the common Mormon, is a common species of swallowtail butterfly widely distributed across Asia. This butterfly is known for the mimicry displayed by the numerous forms of its females which mimic inedible red-bodied swallowtails, such as the common rose and the crimson rose. (source : Wikipedia)
Sunrise at the John Moulton barn on Mormon Row Road, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.
February 2015: Replaced the original edit with a new one produced using Adobe Lightroom 5 and Photomatix 5 (HDR).
Papilio polytes, the common Mormon, is a common species of swallowtail butterfly widely distributed across Asia. This butterfly is known for the mimicry displayed by the numerous forms of its females which mimic inedible red-bodied swallowtails, such as the common rose and the crimson rose
Common Mormon butterfly
Papilio polytes, the common Mormon, is a common species of swallowtail butterfly widely distributed across Asia. This butterfly is known for the mimicry displayed by the numerous forms of its females which mimic inedible red-bodied swallowtails, such as the common rose and the crimson rose. (source : Wikipedia)
Papilio castor, also called the Common Raven and Common mormon, is a tail-less black brown swallowtail butterfly with creamy white to yellow spots.
The butterfly was so active so couldn't get a good focus in hand held mode.
There are many types of butterflies and they have a range of different colors, but the brown butterfly, in particular, is connected to a meaning that speaks to many different types of people.
People have come to connect brown butterflies with being grounded or “down-to-earth,” but there are other meanings as well:
Stability
Security
Warmth
Authentic
Approachable
Unpretentious
Earthly in Nature
Many cultures also connect seeing a brown butterfly with being a greater sign for what’s to come in the future. Brown butterflies have been mentioned across the world from the Philippines to China and Eastern Europe to the Native American culture of the Americas. They are also a popular choice for tattoos as people want an image on their body to represent something meaningful to them on a personal level.
Mormon Row is a cluster of farms that were established in the early 1800's with the Grand Tetons for a backdrop. It is located near Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Looking towards the Oakland Docks and San Francisco, from Butters Overlook, Joaquin Miller Park, Oakland.
Two image panoramic stitch; each image is a stack of 20 images, 4 sec each, median. The Mormon Temple is blended in from an image exposed for 0.5 seconds.
For a high-resolution view, see:
The last few years, Mormon Lake has been pretty dry. It's almost full after this winters big snowfall .
This is the Moulton Barn on historic Mormon Row in the Grand Teton National Park. I know, it's been photographed a million times....make that 1,000,001 times!
A female Great Mormon Butterfly (Papilio memnon) in the Butterfly and Orchid Pavilion of the Tucson Botanical Gardens in Tucson, Arizona. Native to southern Asia, the females are polymorphic.
The Washington D.C. Temple is the 18th constructed and 16th operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is located in Kensington, Maryland, United States, just north of Washington, D.C., near the Capital Beltway
One of the two picturesque barns reminding of the Mormon settlement from the turn of the 19th century, east of Blacktail Butte, now in Grand Teton National Park.
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One of the houses in Mormon Row in Grand Teton National Park. It's windows were not boarded up but a fence has recently been added to keep the curious at bay.
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A male great mormon butterfly (papilio memnon) probing a newly opened flower. Photographed in Khao Sok, Surat Thani Province, Thailand.
Mormon Row is located in Antelope Flats, near Jackson Hole Wyoming and has the Grand Tetons for a backdrop. There are two barns (Moulton's Barn is located about quarter of a mile away). They are picturesque and photographers flock to this site especially at sunrise and sunset.