#3123 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Common Mormon Swallowtail

Papilio polytes

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 outside Europe

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2. © Dr. Raju Kasambe · CC BY-SA 4.0
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8. © Rajat Joshi · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Papilio polytes , the common Mormon , is a common species of swallowtail butterfly widely distributed across Asia.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 36,172iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
36,172 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).