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Common Mormon Swallowtail

Papilio polytes

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in India.January 253, February 310, March 388, April 615, May 531, June 666, July 745, August 827, September 1,616, October 845, November 669, December 442.
India7,907
China5,039
Singapore2,500
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region2,363
Mahārāshtra1,686
Kerala1,380
Taiwan1,287
Taiwan Province1,188
Karnātaka1,027
NORTH REGION833

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilySwallowtails and Parnassians · Papilionidae
GenusCommon Swallowtails · Papilio

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