A mormon

Common Name Greater Mormon

Papilio memnon

Lepidoptera: Papilionidae

Range: N. india through Burma to China, south to Malaysia, Java

Ours arrive from: Malaysia

 

Food: Plants in the citrus family

 

Notes: These butterflies are polymorphic, meaning that they occur in many forms. Males and females differ in color patterns, and also some females of this typically tailless swallowtail develop with a tail on each wing. Females mimic the unpalatable roses (Pachliopta spp.).

 

 

 

 

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