Great Mormon (Papilio memnon agenor)

Female form distantianus

Location: Bangkok & Phuket, Thailand

See P. m. heronus in China.

See P. m. heronus in Taiwan.

9 Comments

earthstonestation on May 23, 2013 at 2:14 am
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Beautiful. Had never seen one before.
1. sylvia on June 18, 2013 at 9:54 pm
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  Thanks. Actually there are several “forms” of the Great Mormon, so you might have seen one of the different forms. It’s one of the most common swallowtails in Asia.
hak670s on May 23, 2013 at 6:53 am
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Beautiful!
1. sylvia on June 18, 2013 at 10:02 pm
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  Thank you. These are a really beautiful species…
Paul on March 1, 2016 at 5:02 pm
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I saw what I believe was a female Common Mormon feeding on the same plant as in one of your photos (a very sweet smelling form of Jasmine?). This was in Chiang Mai, out near the Central Airport Plaza. I only had a compact camera with me and failed dismally to get a decent photo of it as it was moving so fast and, of course, not settling on flowers to drink the nectar but more or less hovering.
1. Sylvia on March 2, 2016 at 1:34 am
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  They are very hard to catch! As you said they are fast!
Paul on March 1, 2016 at 5:05 pm
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In my comment above, that should have read “Great Mormon” rather than Common Mormon!
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