Mimicking form of Common mormon female.
Photo from CUBE Homelab ,Cherukkad ,Kozhikode.
Papilio polytes , otherwise known as the Common Mormon butterfly, ranges widely from Sri Lanka and India to Indo-China, S. Japan, the Philippines and Sunda Islands in SE Asia.
http://biodiversitylab.ncbs.res.in/papilio-polytes
Cubists are very interested to learn more about mimicry in common mormon.
RESEARCH: MOLECULAR GENETICS OF MIMICRY IN THE PAPILIO POLYTES BUTTERFLY | Biodiversity Lab.
There are 4 differnt forms of Common mormon female and one male.
male Common Mormon
Non mimicking Female Common Mormon
Two of the forms mimicking Common rose .
One form of common mormon mimicking Crimson rose .
Glimpses of CUBE National meet 2023
Sara from Varkkala,Kerala got 10 caterpillars of Common mormon from a curryleaf plant are of one male Common mormon and three different forms of female common mormon.
Anup from NES Ratanam college found Eggs of Common mormon from a lemon plant and further Anup and collaboraters observed the lifecycle of the collected eggs.
Bhagwati &Nidhi Devadas observed Caterpillars of Common mormon in Lemon plant.
My CUBE Homelab Updates
Data collected by @magpie
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@magpie observed common mormon butterflies near Curryleaf plant and later she collected caterpillars from them.
Spotted a common Mormon butterfly today on lemon Plant… Is it a male butterfly?. If yes then what it is doing on lemon plant?. Date of video: 10th August 2023.Data collected by @KiranKalakotiR