# Papilio polytes-Thekkady-2016-12-03-001

- By: Jeevan Jose, Kerala, India
- Date: 3 December 2016
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Papilio_polytes-Thekkady-2016-12-03-001.jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/commons/thumb/7/7f/Papilio_polytes-Thekkady-2016-12-03-001.jpg/1920px-Papilio_polytes-Thekkady-2016-12-03-001.jpg
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Papilio polytes, Common Mormon, is a common species of Swallowtail butterfly widely distributed across Asia. Here the female is in the form stichius, mimicking unpalatable Pachliopta aristolochiae.