Papilio demoleus (Linnaeus)

Arigela, Ravi Kiran, Kathula, Tarun, Kumar, Ramesh, Deroliya, Purushottam Kumar, Jeevith, S. & Singh, Rajeev Kumar, 2024, Tephrosia purpurea, the potential nectar source for the butterflies in Jodhpur, an arid zone of Thar Desert, Rajasthan, India, Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis Studia Naturae 9, pp. 85-108 : 95

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scientific name	Papilio demoleus (Linnaeus)
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19) Papilio demoleus (Linnaeus) View in CoL – Lime Swallowtail ( Fig. 5F View Fig – Appendix 1)

General range of occurrence: native to Asia and Australia ( Varshney, Smetacek, 2015); spread to Hispaniola Island ( Dominican Republic) and to Mahé, Seychelles (Guerrero at al., 2004; Kolosova, Bolotov, 2020)

Occurrence and status in India: Common

Host plants of the larvae: Acronychia pedunculata Miq. , Aegle marmelos (L.) Corrêa, Chloroxylon swietenia DC. , Citrus aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle , C. maxima (Burm.) Merr. , C. sinensis (L.) Osbeck, Cullen corylifolium (L.) Medik., Glycosmis pentaphylla (Retz.) DC. , Limonia elephantum (Corrêa) Panigrahi , Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng., Ruta angustifolia Pers. , R. graveolens L., Tilia sp. , Toddalia trifoliata Druce , Ziziphus sp. ( Wynter-Blyth, 1957; Kunte, 2000; Robinson et al., 2010).