The Beautiful Common Mime and His Story
"About Common Mime"
Scientific Name: Chilasa clytia
Wing Span: 90-100 mm
Facts: It mimics common Crow butterflies which is a distasteful and avoided by birds.
Distribution: India (Himachal Pradesh to Arunachal Pradesh, South, Central and Eastern India), Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.
Host Plant: Alseodaphne semicarpifolia, Cinnamomun Camphora, Listea
Chinensis
Habitat: Often seen on flowers in well wooded plains and in hilly
regions up to 2500 m in Himalaya and not above 900 m in hills of South
India, abundant during pre and post monsoon.
Flight Period: February to December
Sexes: Alike
Category: Swallowtail butterflies
Info: Tailless, occur in two forms. Form clytia, rich velvety dark brown
on upper side with cream marking. UPH is present with a central series
of elongated arrowhead streaks, submarginal series of crescents and
narrow yellow/white terminal spots. In form of dissimilis, upper ground
color black with creamy white broad strips. Both forms recognized by
prominent yellow marginal spot on UNH.
The Story: After all these photographs, I thought it was enough for me that day. I came back to home and was watching all picture that I took half an hour ago. I was happy, as all the photographs were awesome(from my point of view). But unfortunately three pics were not focused properly. I made my mind to get back there where the butterfly was. (to take more photos)
But when I arrived there, the butterfly was not there. I searched here and there, but I failed, could not find it. Amid of searching i thought he might be flew away. But, whiIe i was about to return then I discovered something like butterfly on the road. I went close enough to the subject, I was shocked, like something passed through my heart, that was the beautiful common mime, lying on the road but he was no more. He got an accident by car. I was sad, I felt sad only for a butterfly!
(Note: All description of the butterfly was copied from ‘Indian Butterflies App’
Only Photographs are mine)
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| View From Right Side |
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| Wing Span |
Facts: It mimics common Crow butterflies which is a distasteful and avoided by birds.
Distribution: India (Himachal Pradesh to Arunachal Pradesh, South, Central and Eastern India), Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.
Host Plant: Alseodaphne semicarpifolia, Cinnamomun Camphora, Listea
Chinensis
Habitat: Often seen on flowers in well wooded plains and in hilly
regions up to 2500 m in Himalaya and not above 900 m in hills of South
India, abundant during pre and post monsoon.
Flight Period: February to December
Sexes: Alike
Category: Swallowtail butterflies
Info: Tailless, occur in two forms. Form clytia, rich velvety dark brown
on upper side with cream marking. UPH is present with a central series
of elongated arrowhead streaks, submarginal series of crescents and
narrow yellow/white terminal spots. In form of dissimilis, upper ground
color black with creamy white broad strips. Both forms recognized by
prominent yellow marginal spot on UNH.
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| View from left side |
The Story: After all these photographs, I thought it was enough for me that day. I came back to home and was watching all picture that I took half an hour ago. I was happy, as all the photographs were awesome(from my point of view). But unfortunately three pics were not focused properly. I made my mind to get back there where the butterfly was. (to take more photos)
But when I arrived there, the butterfly was not there. I searched here and there, but I failed, could not find it. Amid of searching i thought he might be flew away. But, whiIe i was about to return then I discovered something like butterfly on the road. I went close enough to the subject, I was shocked, like something passed through my heart, that was the beautiful common mime, lying on the road but he was no more. He got an accident by car. I was sad, I felt sad only for a butterfly!
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| When I saw first time the death butterfly |
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| The beautiful wings and legs! |
(Note: All description of the butterfly was copied from ‘Indian Butterflies App’
Only Photographs are mine)
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