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
The form commixtus is legally protected in India under Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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The form commixtus is legally protected in India under Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.| 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 | |||||||||||
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| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Kerala | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | ||
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| 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.
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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.