Papilio polytes Linnaeus, 1758

Sidat, Azaz & Bhatt, Urjit, 2020, Annotated checklist of butterflies of Ankleshwar-an industrial town in Gujarat, India, Check List 16 (4), pp. 997-1015 : 1001

Papilio polytes Linnaeus, 1758

Common Mormon Figure 4E

Material examined. INDIA • Gujarat, Bharuch district,

Ankleshwar; transects T-01, T-02, T-03, T-04, T-05, T-06, T-07, T-08, T-09, T-10 ( Table 1); agricultural hedges or barren/discarded lands, suburban areas, industrial zone, roadside vegetation, and near ponds with surrounding wetland plants.

Identification. Jet black butterfly with row of white spots along the central region of the hindwing; series of smaller white spots on the margin of forewing.