Subspecies in India
(1) Papilio polymnestor polymnestor Cramer, 1775 – Indian Blue Mormon
Conservation and Special status
This species is not legally protected in India under any schedules of WildLife (Protection) Act, 1972.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 3 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 4 | |
| Kerala | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 4 | |
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 72 | 52 | 45 | 15 | |
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
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| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 12 | 14 | 32 | 12 | 27 | 20 | 24 | 51 | 111 | 110 | 92 | 27 |
Garcinia gummi-gutta, Garcinia xanthochymus (Clusiaceae). Aegle marmelos, Atalantia spp., Atalantia racemosa, Atalantia wightii, Citrus spp., Citrus aurantium (=Citrus reticulata), Citrus limon (=Citrus latifolia), Citrus medica (Abhishek Rane pers. obs. 2023), Citrus maxima, Glycosmis pentaphylla, Murraya koenigii, Paramignya monophylla (Rutaceae).
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10(4): 11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
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Page citation
Saji, K., H. Ogale, R. Lovalekar, R. Das, T. Bhagwat, F. Khan, M. Konwar, J. A. Jacob, and N. Kawthankar 2024. Papilio polymnestor Cramer, 1775 – Blue Mormon. In Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/papilio-polymnestor, accessed 2024/09/20.