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Papilio clytia clytia.jpg

Papilio clytia clytia  (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Mime

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Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Papilionidae
Subfamily: Papilioninae
​Genus: Papilio
Species: clytia
Subspecies: ​clytia


  • Common name: Common Mime
    Thai name: ผีเสื้อเชิงลายธรรมดา​
  • Distribution: Sri Lanka, India to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Langkawi, W. Malaysia, Singapore, China, Hainan, Hong Kong.
  • Image locations: Chaiyaphum (Cheelong), Chiang Mai (Doi Suthep-Pui N.P.), Nakhon Nayok (Nam Tok Lan Rak), Phrae (Punjen), Udon Thani (Nong Han)
  • Additional notes: 
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Image locations

Images of Papilio clytia clytia from Thailand.
Papilio clytia clytia, Common Mime.jpg
Papilio clytia clytia (Linnaeus, 1758) Cheelong Chaiyaphum May
Papilio clytia clytia, Common Mime.jpg
Papilio clytia clytia (Linnaeus, 1758) Cheelong Chaiyaphum May
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Papilio clytia clytia f. dissimilis (Linnaeus, 1758) Cheelong Chaiyaphum November
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Papilio clytia clytia f. dissimilis (Linnaeus, 1758) Cheelong Chaiyaphum November
Papilio clytia clytia f. dissimillima.jpg
Papilio clytia clytia f. dissimillima (Evans, 1923) Punjen Phrae June
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Papilio clytia clytia (Linnaeus, 1758) male, Ban Phon Ngam, Nong Han, Udon Thani, May 2017
Papilio clytia clytia Doi Suthep-Pui NP June 2019.jpg
Papilio clytia clytia, Doi Suthep-Pui N.P. Thailand, June 2019
Chilasa clytia caterpillar, Common Mime caterpillar.jpg
Papilio clytia clytia (Linnaeus, 1758) Nam Tok Lan Rak Nakhon Nayak May

References: 
​A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM - Y.Inayoshi.
Please note that individual species identifications do not necessarily represent the opinion of all contributors.

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