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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Mar 08, 2008

Which is this black and white beauty? Please help identify this from this not-too-good shot. It sat on high up on the compound wall leaving me no choice of angles.

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Mar 08, 2008

Dinu, Ihave found one which looks very close, Papilio polytes (Common Mormon)

http://en.butterflycorner.net/Papilio-polytes-Common-Mormon-Kleiner-Mormon-Mormon-Commun.391.0.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papilio_polytes

It seems there are many different forms,

http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q='Papilio+polytes'&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi



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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Mar 08, 2008

Yours does look like the Common Mormon, a picof male and female,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Common_Mormons_PRA01.jpg

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Mar 08, 2008

Thanks Wallaby. I had myself posted it. Now I remember.... It's in BF itself. It is the P. poly. The last link provided details of both male and female. Have posted that too.

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