Papilio lowi

Great yellow Mormon
Dorsal view of female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Papilionidae
Genus:Papilio
Species: P. lowi
Binomial name
Papilio lowi
Druce, 1873
Synonyms
  • Papilio lowii Rothschild, 1895[1]
  • Menelaides memnon lowii Page & Treadaway, 2003[1]

Papilio lowi, the great yellow Mormon or Asian swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Borneo, Indonesia, and the Philippines (Palawan, Balabao).[2]

Wingspan: 107–126 mm (4.2–5.0 in)

Larvae feed on citrus plants. Adults nectar on various flowers.

Adults of P. lowi, much like other Mormons, mimic the inedible red-bodied swallowtails.

It is named after British colonial administrator and naturalist Hugh Low.[3] [4]

References

  1. 1 2 Papilio memnon, funet.fi
  2. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Papilio lowi". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  3. ↑ Druce,H. (1873) Proc.Zoo.Soc., p.358
  4. ↑ do. Plate XXXIII, No.6


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