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Great Mormon , female form

PAPILIO MEMNON DISTANTIANUS, female form

Description:

I found this butterfly on the grass in the garden so tried to put it on the plants so that the birds would'nt harm it but once it was on my hand it did'nt want to leave ......... about an hour later it died : (

2 Species ID Suggestions

Great Mormon
PAPILIO MEMNON DISTANTIANUS, female form ButterflyCircle Checklist - Papilio memnon agenor (Great Mormon)
Ashish
Ashish 12 years ago
Common Rose
Atrophaneura aristolochiae Atrophaneura aristolochiae


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3 Comments

iamcherreymaiya
iamcherreymaiya 12 years ago

looks a bit like Papilio aegeus, but the tails for this one are longer..

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Poor butterfly but lovely photos - I especially like photo 3!

AntonRacela
AntonRacela 12 years ago

i'm not sure but i think that's a great windmill. When I saw this one, it reminded me of that butterfly http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/595... =))

VivBraznell
Spotted by
VivBraznell

Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand

Spotted on Dec 23, 2010
Submitted on Nov 21, 2011

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