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Common Mime (form clytia)

Papilio clytia (form clytia)

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The Common Mime (Papilio clytia) is a Swallowtail butterfly found in South and South-east Asia. The butterfly belongs to the Chilasa group or the Black-bodied Swallowtails. It serves an excellent example of a Batesian mimic among the Indian butterflies.

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Common Mime

Papilio clytia

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