Summary ²

Papilio polymnestor, the blue Mormon, is a large swallowtail butterfly found in South India and Sri Lanka. It is the "state butterfly" of the Indian state of Maharashtra.

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1. (c) Vishal Bhave, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Vishal Bhave, http://www.flickr.com/photos/29480496@N05/3549517793
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papilio_polymnestor

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