Papilio memnon

Great Mormon
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species:
P. memnon
Binomial name
Papilio memnon
Subspecies
  • P. m. memnon
  • P. m. agenor Linnaeus, 1768
  • P. m. anceus Cramer, [1779]
  • P. m. thunbergi Siebold, 1824
  • P. m. lowii Druce, 1873
  • P. m. oceani Doherty, 1891
  • P. m. merapu Doherty, 1891
  • P. m. pryeri Rothschild, 1895
  • P. m. clathratus Rothschild
  • P. m. subclathratus Fruhstorfer
  • P. m. coeruleus van Eecke
  • P. m. perlucidus Fruhstorfer
  • P. m. heronus Fruhstorfer, 1902
  • P. m. tanahsahi Eliot, 1982
Synonyms

Princeps memnon

Papilio memnon, the great Mormon, is a large butterfly native to southern Asia that belongs to the swallowtail family. It is widely distributed and has thirteen subspecies. The female is polymorphic and with mimetic forms.