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Butterfly - Papilio memnon Upper side<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/56909/butterfly_-_papilio_memnon.html" title="Butterfly - Papilio memnon"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3184/56909_thumb.JPG?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=43U00f0BfQuyedxOEHo6htcO%2BXo%3D" width="200" height="132" alt="Butterfly - Papilio memnon Geotagged,Great Mormon,Indonesia,Papilio memnon,Summer" /></a></figure> Geotagged,Great Mormon,Indonesia,Papilio memnon,Summer Click/tap to enlarge

Butterfly - Papilio memnon

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Hope you're right on this ID, as it seems quite rare indeed. In fact, when searching for it, all I see are dead ones with a pin in them! Posted 7 years ago
  2. View WildFlower's profile
    WildFlower
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    I wonder if it is not one of the forms of Papilio memnon. Do you have a view of the upper side of the wings?
    http://en.butterflycorner.net/Papilio-memnon-Great-Mormon.1248.0.html
    https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PapilioMemnonFemHieraJavaUpUnAC1.jpg

    According to the forum below, Papilio lampsacus is considered either extinct or only confined to a very small unaccessible area.
    All the pinned specimens are shown from the upper side. In the drawing there is both sides and I don't see any red spots that this one has in the base of the wing.
    http://insectnet.proboards.com/thread/4385/papilio-lampsacus
    https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/name/Papilio%20lampsacus
    https://www.indonesiatravelmagazine.com/papilio-lampsacus-swallowtail-butterfly-papilio/
    https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b2/32/76/b2327671e21f7b963aa9fe6b34d041dd.jpg     Posted 7 years ago
    1. View SUGIAN1212's profile
      SUGIAN1212
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      I have just posted the upper side of the butterfly today. My friends from Butterfly & Macro Singapore advised me that she is a papilio-lampsacus from West Java. Fortunately, this butterfly was found in my home garden at country side of Sukabumi, West Java, Indonesia.

      It looks similar to https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PapilioMemnonFemHieraJavaUpUnAC1.jpg       Posted 7 years ago, modified 7 years ago
      1. View WildFlower's profile
        WildFlower
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        You are in the foot of Mount Salak where Papilio lampsacus has been reported before. Hopefully it still survives there but this is not one. I found a photo of the underside of a pinned specimen where you can see that it has yellow comma shaped spots in the base of the hindwings instead of the red spots this one has. The spots on the upper side are different too.
        https://www.aureus-butterflies.de/Papilio-lampsacus-male         Posted 7 years ago

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The Great Mormon

"Papilio memnon", the great Mormon, is a large butterfly native to southern Asia that belongs to the swallowtail family. It is widely distributed and has thirteen subspecies. The female is polymorphic and with mimetic forms.

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Uploaded Jan 29, 2018. Captured Jan 28, 2018 08:14 in Sunda Wenang-Bojong Gede, Sundawenang, Parung Kuda, Sukabumi, Jawa Barat 43357, Indonesia.
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  • ILCE-7RM2
  • f/20.0
  • 1/200s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.