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Common mormon

Papilio polytes

Description:

Female common mormon

Habitat:

tropical countries like the philippines,

2 Species ID Suggestions

iGo Sugiarto
iGo Sugiarto 11 years ago
Common Mormon
Papilio polytes Papilio polytes
noi.valencia
noi.valencia 11 years ago
female common mormon
papilio polytes


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16 Comments

Wonderful spotting .Congrats on having the "Fact Of The Day" on the PN in the first spotting itself.

LarryGraziano
LarryGraziano 8 years ago

Congratulations on having this spotting highlighted as "Fact of the day" on the PN Facebook Worldwide page!!!

Steven Sheppard
Steven Sheppard 11 years ago

Why are they called mormon? Any connection to the American religion?

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

Very nice first spotting on Noah and the video is a very nice addition - a fast flyer! Welcome to Project Noah!

MrsPbio
MrsPbio 11 years ago

Where in the Philippines?

MrsPbio
MrsPbio 11 years ago

Wow wow wow....!

noi.valencia
noi.valencia 11 years ago

thank you guys...!

Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander 11 years ago

Great spotting, very similar with my spotting, http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/158...

shekainah d. alaban
shekainah d. alaban 11 years ago

Welcome to Project Noah Kuya Noi. Its a female common mormon and the hostplant is a citrus.

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 11 years ago

Breathtaking!!

iGo is right Noi, it's a Common Mormon.

iGo Sugiarto
iGo Sugiarto 11 years ago

very similiar with my spotting even the orange leaf too. But in my case, a leaf covered by volcanic dust eruption at 2010.
check this
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/157...

noi.valencia
noi.valencia 11 years ago

thanks igo..!

noi.valencia
noi.valencia 11 years ago

thanks karen...!

noi.valencia
noi.valencia 11 years ago

i spotted this butterfly in the back of our house,happily flying around citrus plant.

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Lovely!

noi.valencia
Spotted by
noi.valencia

Rizal, Philippines

Spotted on Dec 21, 2012
Submitted on Dec 21, 2012

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