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title: "Common Mormon Swallowtail"
description: "Papilio polytes — Owady i pająki. Papilio polytes, the common Mormon, is a common species of swallowtail butterfly widely distributed across Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/common-mormon-swallowtail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Mormon Swallowtail

> Papilio polytes — Owady i pająki. Papilio polytes, the common Mormon, is a common species of swallowtail butterfly widely distributed across Asia.

- Scientific name: *Papilio polytes*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 34452
- Wikidata: [Q1768118](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1768118)
- iNaturalist taxon: [51588](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51588)

## Names

- en: Common Mormon Swallowtail
- de: Kleiner Mormone
- fr: Mormon commun

## Countries with the most observations

IN (13426), HK (6099), SG (3505), TW (2226), CN (2088), TH (1097), MY (662), JP (385), LK (323), VN (316), MO (279), KH (248)

## Summary

Papilio polytes, the common Mormon, 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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Mormon

## Photo

![Common Mormon Swallowtail](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-mormon-swallowtail/medium.jpg)

Photo: Sivakumar · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9293756

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-mormon-swallowtail?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).