CLOSED: please identify this butterfly

Trenton, NJ(Zone 6b)

i think this is a "Malabar monarch butterfly" or something. but i am not sure. so please confirm. if its already in the database, we can stop the duplicate entry.
this one's caterpillar eats voraciously for about ten days, then turns into a cocoon for about another ten days. and finally, the beautiful butterfly emerges in the early hours in morning. it rests on the same leave for about an hour till its wings are fully drenched and fully spread out. then it begins its first flight. it comes back to the same plant to give birth to its larva babies. and the cycle continues on and on.

Thumbnail by Bharat_Sanghavi
(Zone 7a)

This one is, I believe, a Common Mormon, Papilio polytes. I wish I could help on all your insects, but I don't have the resources for your area.

Trenton, NJ(Zone 6b)

thanks a lot for your effort, Kwanjin.
one of my friend told me that this one is known as the Malabar Band butterfly, but he is not sure.
I think an image of its larva might give proper info. what do you say?

Trenton, NJ(Zone 6b)

thanks a lot for your effort, Kwanjin.
one of my friend told me that this one is known as the Malabar Band butterfly, but he is not sure.
I think an image of its larva might give proper info. what do you say?

Thumbnail by Bharat_Sanghavi
(Zone 7a)

The cat certainly looks like the pics I'm finding. My research is showing that the Malabar Banded Butterfly will have a pale yellow band across the bottom of the wings which this one does not show.

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