Papilio lowi

Species of butterfly

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. lowi

Binomial name
Papilio lowi

H. 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. 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[edit]

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

## External links[edit]

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* Papilio lowi, EoL

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q166360
* Wikispecies: Papilio lowii
* GBIF: 1938110
* iNaturalist: 354338
* IRMNG: 10275632
* LepIndex: 168755

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