Then you sure would have spotted the Common Mormon. Also known as Papilio polytes, it is a common species of swallowtail butterfly, which is widely distributed across Asia. According to Wiki the ...

White fragrant flowers appear on the plant with about five petals and pink berry like fruits arrive at first and slowly turn purple and then shiny black towards the end, Pradip Krishen’s book ...

The females of the common mormon butterfly are masters of disguise. Some of them look like the black-and-white males, but others embellish their wings with white brushstrokes and red curlicues to ...

“Nature-lovers have always been fascinated by butterfly. No state in the ... known as Papilio polymnestor, ‘Blue Mormon’ has velvet, black wings with bright blue spots.

Mumbai: Maharashtra government on Monday declared Blue Mormon as the state butterfly. The state is also ... It has velvet, black wings with bright blue spots. The lower end of the wings are ...