FIRST DISTRIBUTIONAL RECORD OF THE RARE BLUE MORMON (PAPILIO POLYMNESTOR) FROM GUMLA DISTRICT (JHARKHAND, INDIA)
Dr. Manoj Kumar*, Deepshikha Sahu, Angel Kujur, Hamid Ehsan, Lalit Hembrom, Nikita Sinha, Reema Mamta Xess, Riya Raj Dubey, Sulbha Kumari, Rakesh Ranjan, Manoranjan Prasad Sinha, Rohit Srivastava and Bharti Singh Raipat
ABSTRACT
Papilio polymnestor are large swallowtail butterflies called Blue Mormons (CN) are often seen in Sri Lanka and Southern India (Varshney and Smetacek, 2015). Furthermore, it is the "state butterfly" of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Its wingspan is between 120 and 150 mm. According to reports, it is India's fourth-largest butterfly (Rashid, 2015). There is a shimmering blue tint to the rear wings. Aside from the buff-colored female form of P. polymnestor parinda Moore from Sri Lanka, it resembles the latter species quite a bit. There are few reports from India, and the larvae mostly consume Rutaceae plants (Revathy and George, 2013).
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