Papilio lowi

Great yellow Mormon
	Dorsal view of female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. lowii
Binomial name
	Papilio lowii; H. Druce, 1873
Synonyms
	Papilio lowi Rothschild, 1895; Menelaides memnon lowii Page & Treadaway, 2003;

Papilio lowii, the great yellow Mormon or Asian swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. The species was first described by Herbert Druce in 1873. It is found in Borneo, Indonesia, and the Philippines (Palawan, Balabac).^[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

^ ^a ^b Savela, Markku (March 20, 2019). "Papilio memnon Linnaeus, 1758". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
^ 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.
^ Druce, H. (1873). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.: 358.
^ do. Plate XXXIII, No.6

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