Weekly Photo Challenge: Temporary

The temporary visitors to the lantana camara in my backyard.
Linked to the Weekly Photo Challenge: Temporary.

Blue Tiger

Sahyadri Rustic

Common Emigrant

Common Mormon

Common Lime

Common Mormon

Papilio polytes, the common Mormon, is a common species of swallowtail butterfly widely distributed across Asia.

Butterfly on ixora

Common Mormon

The Common Mormon (Papilio polytes) is a common species of swallowtail butterfly widely distributed across Asia.

9.243.365 Common Mormon

The Common Mormon (Papilio polytes) is a common species of swallowtail butterfly widely distributed across Asia.
This butterfly is known for the mimicry displayed by the numerous forms of its females which mimic inedible red-bodied swallowtails, such as the common rose and the crimson rose. (Wiki) Here is one such display. Take a look at the male here.

1.26.365 Common Mormon returns

1.13.365 Common Mormon

This is the male of the Common Mormon (Papilio polytes), a common species of swallowtail butterfly found across Asia.