Summary ²

Papilio clytia, the common mime, is a swallowtail butterfly found in south and south-east Asia. The butterfly belongs to the Chilasa subgenus, the black-bodied swallowtails. It serves as an excellent example of a Batesian mimic among the Indian butterflies.

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1. (c) Vijay Anand Ismavel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/50307457@N08/7387580556
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papilio_clytia

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