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great mormon male

Papilio memnon

Description:

Typical form agenor P. m. agenor, Male. Tailless, above deep blue to black. It may or may not have red streak on the forewing at the base of the cell. A large butterfly that belongs to the Swallowtail family and is common to South-Asia

Habitat:

this one is found at the butterfly center houston. Range: North Eastern India (including Sikkim, Assam and Nagaland), Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan(?), Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Andaman Islands (stragglers only), western, southern and eastern China (including Hainan), Taiwan and southern Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Kampuchea, eastern and peninsular Malaysia, and Indonesia (Sumatra, Mentawai Islands, Nias, Batu, Simeulue, Bangka, Java, Kalimantan, and the lesser Sunda Islands).

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6 Comments

rivu.ghorai
rivu.ghorai 12 years ago

and it is a beautiful picture...

rivu.ghorai
rivu.ghorai 12 years ago

this is a great mormon.. great mormon and blue mormon are different butterflies..

SusanEllison
SusanEllison 12 years ago

i checked it out, i think it is a great mormon :
Typical form agenor
P. m. agenor, Male. Tailless, above deep blue to black. It may or may not have red streak on the forewing at the base of the cell.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papilio_rum...

Actually its ideal shot..!!

SusanEllison
SusanEllison 12 years ago

ashish...can you name this one?? it is not a good shot sorry!

SusanEllison
Spotted by
SusanEllison

Houston, Texas, USA

Spotted on Jun 17, 2011
Submitted on Jun 19, 2011

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