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Papilio polytes
Common mormon butterflies have a wingspan of 70 to 115 mm. Their hindwings have swallowtails. Adult males are smaller than females. All common mormon males look the same, with black wings that are dotted with a row of white spots across the hindwings and on the margins of the forewings.
Private garden
Spotted on Feb 1, 2019
Submitted on May 4, 2019
2 Comments
Thank you.
Beautiful spotting. This is a lovely butterfly. Excellent photos too.