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Common Mormon swallowtail

Papilio polytes Linnaeus, 1758

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The common mormon swallowtail (Papilio polytes) is a species in the family Papilionidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the common mormon swallowtail

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
7.63 cm – 9.63 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
On the wing
All year
Generations a year
Several
Larval food plants
Rutaceae family
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the common mormon swallowtail?

COMMON MORMON SWALLOWTAIL · WINGSPAN 9.63 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 9.63 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the common mormon swallowtail is about 5.7% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the common mormon swallowtail live?

Not recorded

Is the common mormon swallowtail endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the common mormon swallowtail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPapilionidae
  6. genusPapilio
  7. SpeciesPapilio polytes Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms Menelaides polytes, Menelaides polytes rubeus, Menelaides polytes steffi, Papilio alphenor var. thesalphenor, Papilio astyanax, Papilio chalcaevorus, Papilio cyrus, Papilio mutius, Papilio obscurus, Papilio pammon, Papilio pammon var. borealis, Papilio polytes ceylanicus, Papilio polytes f. cyroides, Papilio polytes f. rubida, Papilio polytes falcidius, Papilio polytes flavolineatus, Papilio polytes messius, Papilio polytes neomelanides, Papilio polytes nicomachus, Papilio polytes pasikrates, Papilio polytes passienus, Papilio polytes polycles, Papilio polytes romulus, Papilio polytes vigellius, Papilio romulus, Papilio sakontala, Princeps heroicus

Other names and names in other languages (15)
  • Common MormonEnglish
  • সাধাৰণ মৰমনAssamese
  • কালিমBangla
  • Almindelig MormonDanish
  • Kleiner MormoneGerman
  • Mormon communFrench
  • Közönséges mormon pillangóHungarian
  • Mormone comuneItalian
  • シロオビアゲハJapanese
  • बहुरुपीMarathi
  • கறிவேப்பிலை அழகிTamil
  • ผีเสื้อหางติ่งธรรมดาThai
  • Bướm phượng đenVietnamese
  • 玉带凤蝶Chinese
  • 玉帶鳳蝶Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the common mormon swallowtail

Other species in the same genus Papilio.

Orange dog

Papilio demodocus

PapilionidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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How big is the common mormon swallowtail?

An adult common mormon swallowtail has a wingspan of 7.63 cm – 9.63 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the common mormon swallowtail?

The common mormon swallowtail (Papilio polytes) belongs to the family Papilionidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Common Mormon swallowtail (Papilio polytes). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/common-mormon-swallowtail

MLA

“Common Mormon swallowtail (Papilio polytes).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/common-mormon-swallowtail.

BibTeX
@misc{common_mormon_swallowtail_2026,
  title = {Common Mormon swallowtail (Papilio polytes)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/common-mormon-swallowtail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}