
Subspecies in India
(1) Papilio clytia clytia Linnaeus, 1758 – Oriental Common Mime
(2) Papilio clytia flavolimbatus Oberthür, 1879 – Andaman Common Mime
The form commixtus is legally protected in India under Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
(2) Papilio clytia flavolimbatus Oberthür, 1879 – Andaman Common Mime

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
Andhra Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
Arunachal Pradesh | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Assam | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Bihar | |||||||||||||
Chandigarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
Chhattisgarh | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
Delhi | 1 | ||||||||||||
Goa | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Gujarat | |||||||||||||
Haryana | |||||||||||||
Himachal Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
Karnataka | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
Kerala | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | ||
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||
Maharashtra | 25 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 17 | |
Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
Meghalaya | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Mizoram | 1 | ||||||||||||
Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
Odisha | 1 | ||||||||||||
Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
Punjab | |||||||||||||
Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
Sikkim | 1 | ||||||||||||
Tamil Nadu | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
Tripura | 13 | 1 | |||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
West Bengal | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||
Total | 28 | 9 | 26 | 45 | 57 | 29 | 17 | 19 | 38 | 29 | 18 | 23 |
Alseodaphne semecarpifolia (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Cinnamomum (Robinson et al. 2010), Cinnamomum camphora (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Cinnamomum macrocarpum (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Cinnamomum malabatrum (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Cinnamomum tamala (P. Churi pers. obs. 2017), Cinnamomum verum (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Clausena spp. (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017),Litsea deccanensis (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Litsea glutinosa (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Persea gamblei (Robinson et al. 2010), Ocotea lancifolia (Robinson et al. 2010) (Lauraceae). Sarcosperma arboretum (Robinson et al. 2010) (Sapotaceae).
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Page citation
Saji, K., R. Lovalekar, G. Agavekar, S. Debnath 2023. Papilio clytia Linnaeus, 1758 – Common Mime. In Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/papilio-clytia, accessed 2023/06/03.