Common Mormon

Common Mormon
Papilio polytes romulus in Laos
Papilio polytes pasikrates in Taiwan
Both are females form stichius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species:
P. polytes
Binomial name
Papilio polytes
Subspecies

Many, see text

Range of P. polytes.

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.

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