Papilio demoleus Linnaeus, 1758

Pathania, P. C., Mangat, H. K. & Sidhu, A. K., 2018, Studies on butterfly diversity (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) from Punjab Agricultural University Campus, Ludhiana, Punjab, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (1), pp. 75-90 : 81-82

22. Papilio demoleus Linnaeus (Photo 22a,b)

Papilio demoleus, Linnaeus, 1758 , Syst. Nat. (ed.10): 464.

N. 35.

Material examined: (29♂♂ 16♀♀). India: Punjab: PAU,

26.iii.2010, Vijay and P.C. Pathania (8♂ 6♀), PAU,

25.viii.2010, Vijay and P.C. Pathania (5♂ 2♀), PAU

13.vii.2012, Sunita, Kritika and P.C. Pathania (8♂ 4♀), PAU, 5.xii.2012, Sunita, Kritika and P.C. Pathania (3♂ 1♀), PAU, 11.viii.2015, Sachin and P.C. Pathania (2♂ 1♀), GADVASU, 17.viii.2015, Sachin and P.C. Pathania (3♂ 1♀), CIPHET, 11.viii.2015, Sachin and P.C. Pathania (1♀).

Distribution: Kashmir to Ceylon; Assam to upper Burma, up to a moderate elevation; extending to Persia and eastwards to China and Formosa ( Talbot, 1939).

Host plant: Aegle marmelos , Chloroxylon swietenia , Citrus aurantifolia , Citrus grandis , Citrus limon , Citrus sinensis , Glycosmis arborea , Murreaya koenigii , Ruta graveolens ( Kunte, 2000) .