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Common Mormon

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Species ID Suggestions

Common Rose

Atrophaneura aristolochiae

Common Mormon

Papilio polytes

Comments (28)

Really Azari very beautiful butterfly......
Thanks Satyen, really beautiful butterfly.
Hey it is a most gorgeous Butterfly, even before you knew the name!
That was fun. Now on to the other butterfly spotting of YogeshSave - http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6861956 :-)
yes it really took a while for all of us at the end we could find an id great work all
Yes Atul. Looking at the link you posted, looks like you nailed it as the Common Mormon :-)
I think Atul got it...!!
and a good one too Eric i thing we can all come down to the common mormon id should say that is some kind of mimicry
Hi guys. You might want to check Crimson Rose (Atrophaneura hector). See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atrophaneura_hector The males have black bodies. What is throwing me off though is that your spotting does not have a red head is typical of the Crimson Rose. Just a thought.
according to the designs then the common rose or the crimson rose would be closest matches
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/taxome/jim/Mim2/memnon.html
Then check in Great mormon types..
Do not confuse.. Red and White are mixed colour...design of them is important...!!
there is still a difference ashish we need to look for some more options
Dan I find little different design as compared on http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Seitz9FaunaIndoAustralicaPlate15.jpg
atul pls try to find name of my another butterfly spotting of blue and black colour...
true am unable to find anything closer to that as well
You're right Atul, it was just a suggestion, they do look similar though. That was the closest match I found on the learnaboutbutterflies site.
Beautiful butterfly and a great photo. :)
the body on a common rose is red as well
are you sure dandoucette i was considering on that id but the little yellow markings made me rethink about the id
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PublishedAugust 7, 2011

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