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Common mormon
Papilio polytes
Swallowtail butterflies
(Papilionidae)
♀ P. p. cyrus
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Large black butterfly with tails and white markings on the centre of the rear wings. The undersurface has more white markings for the ♂. Size depends on the climate where they live. ⇔ wsp. 80-100 mm The ♀ has 3 variations: PAPILIO POLYTES CYRUS: Like ♂, but with clearly red-orange half moons. No photo available. PAPILIO POLYTES STICHIUS: rear wing has orange and red markings. See photo. PAPILIO POLYTES ROMULUS: rear wing large red markings and front wings have a white haze. See photos.
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1 LookAlikes (LA):
Asian Swallowtail
Common mormon
Papilio polytes [L.]
Kleiner Mormon
Mormon commun
Papilio polytes [L.]
Papilio polytes [L.]
Papilio polytes [L.]
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