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| Blue Mormon | |
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| Blue Mormon at Sanjay Gandhi National Park, India | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Papilio |
| Species: | P. polymnestor
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| Binomial name | |
| Papilio polymnestor Cramer, 1775
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Papilio polymnestor, the blue Mormon,[1][2] is a large swallowtail butterfly found in south India and Sri Lanka.[1][2] In India it has bee recently reported from the eastern part of India, from the State of Jharkhand. [3] It is the "state butterfly" of the Indian state of Maharashtra. With a wingspan of 120–150 mm, it is the fourth largest butterfly of India.[4] [5]
- ^ a b Varshney, R.K.; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. p. 8. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.
- ^ a b Savela, Markku. "Papilio polymnestor Cramer, [1775]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
- ^ Manoj K., Deepshikha S., Angel K., Hamid E., Hembrom L., Nikita S., Reema M. X., Riya R. D., Sulbha K., Rakesh R., Manoranjan P. S., Rohit S., Bharti S. R. (2024). European Journal of Pharmaceutical and Medical Research, 11(6): 195 - 196.
- ^ Rashid, Omar (23 June 2015). "Maharashtra gets 'State butterfly'". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ Manoj K., Deepshikha S., Angel K., Hamid E., Hembrom L., Nikita S., Reema M. X., Riya R. D., Sulbha K., Rakesh R., Manoranjan P. S., Rohit S., Bharti S. R. (2024). European Journal of Pharmaceutical and Medical Research, 11(6): 195 - 196.