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Common Mormon caterpillar

Papilio polytes

Description:

larval stage?

2 Species ID Suggestions

Common Mormon caterpillar
Papilio polytes Papilio polytes
bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago
Common Lime Butterfly
Papilio demoleus Papilio demoleus


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6 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

OK, I believe you ;-)... I hadn't the info about the host plant at the time I've made my suggestion.

Chamalka Dulmini
Chamalka Dulmini 10 years ago

Thank you Nuwan!It s a common mormon caterpillar!

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 10 years ago

bayucca, the feeding plant is Murraya koenigii. only papilio species recorded feeding on Murraya koenigii is Common Mormon.

http://www.slbutterflies.lk/Larval.php?i...

Chamalka Dulmini
Chamalka Dulmini 10 years ago

yes!I found 5 on a same karapincha plant!

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 10 years ago

feeding plant is karapincha, isn't it ?

Chamalka Dulmini
Spotted by
Chamalka Dulmini

Kandy CP, Sri Lanka

Spotted on Oct 16, 2013
Submitted on Oct 16, 2013

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