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Papilio polymnestor
The Blue Mormon (Papilio polymnestor) is a large swallowtail butterfly found in South India and Sri Lanka. I think this must be a female as the blue around the spots was so pale, it was almost non-existant. The males show the blue much brighter.
seen in my garden in Tamil Nadu, Southern India
Spotted on Dec 20, 2011
Submitted on Jan 9, 2012
3 Comments
Yes, I noticed that. I just read in Wikipedia that females sometimes have 2 red streaks on the base of the forewing, upperside as does the one i spotted today. Wonder if that is another female... It has the red spot underneath as well.
as u say this one might be female do you notice that this one don't have red spots in upperwings
nice big butterfly ...