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Common mormon

Papilio polytes

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Field Notes

Description:

Common mormon butterflies have a wingspan of 70 to 115 mm. Their hindwings have swallowtails. Adult males are smaller than females. All common mormon males look the same, with black wings that are dotted with a row of white spots across the hindwings and on the margins of the forewings.

Habitat:

Private garden

Reference Links:

http://www.zoosprint.org/ZooPrintJournal/2004/April/1439-1441.pdf

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Comments (2)
Neil Ross
Beautiful spotting. This is a lovely butterfly. Excellent photos too.

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Butterflies in the Philippines
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PublishedMay 4, 2019

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