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Butterfly - Papilio memnon Geotagged,Great Mormon,Indonesia,Papilio memnon,Summer Click/tap to enlarge

Butterfly - Papilio memnon

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    SUGIAN1212
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    I'm not sure whether this is a Papilio Lampsacus or Papilio Memnon ??
    https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PapilioMemnonFemHieraJavaUpUnAC1.jpg
     Posted 7 years ago
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      This is a beautiful top view but I am afraid it is not Papilio lampsacus. Papilio lampsacus doesn't have the red spots. The white patches and black spots on them are different too. This is a Papilio memnon. We have more photos of them by Dave.
      Papilio Memnon - Great Mormon female The female is a lot more colourful than the male, and a lot more diverse in its livery patterns. This is how the Mormon butterfly gets its name, as the Mormon is permitted to have many wives, so it seems that the Mormon butterfly too has many wives.<br /> <br /> This is one version of the great Mormon female that I see, but even here, you can see some slight variations.<br /> <br /> Location is Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Alongside a stream and paddy fields.<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/39055/bf_pap_6140.html<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/39054/bf_big_2134.html<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/39047/papilio_memnon_-_great_mormon_male.html Bandung,Geotagged,Great Mormon,Indonesia,Java,Papilio memnon,West Java,Winter,female,great Mormon,pap,papilion,papilionidae
       Posted 7 years ago
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        Thanks WildFlower.
         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 30, 2018. Captured Jan 29, 2018 07:55 in Sunda Wenang-Bojong Gede, Sundawenang, Parung Kuda, Sukabumi, Jawa Barat 43357, Indonesia.
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  • ILCE-7RM2
  • f/22.0
  • 1/200s
  • ISO800
  • 100mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.