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Common Banded Peacock Swallowtail

Papilio crino

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in India.January 29, February 17, March 14, April 32, May 28, June 45, July 30, August 51, September 123, October 73, November 71, December 37.
India550
Tamil Nādu247
Andhra Pradesh108
Karnātaka72
Chhattīsgarh37
Sri Lanka37
Odisha34
Telangāna17
West Bengal15
Central Province13

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

Sources

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