Papilio polytes romulus Cramer, 1775

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 : 82

23. Papilio polytes romulus Cramer (Photo 23a,b & 24a, b)

Papilio polytes romulus Cramer, 1758 , Pap. Exot. 1: 67, t.43.

Material examined: (37♂♂ 26♀♀). India: Punjab: PAU,

17.iv.2009, Amit Katewa and P.C. Pathania (3♂ 2♀), PAU, 6.v.2009, Amit Katewa and P.C. Pathania (7♂ 4♀), PAU, 1.ix.2010, Vijay and P.C. Pathania (5♂ 2♀), PAU,

11.viii.2011, Birpal, Amit and P.C. Pathania (1♂ 2♀), PAU

27.ix.2012, Sunita, Kritika and P.C. Pathania (3♂ 2♀), PAU, 20.xi,2012, Sunita, Kritika and P.C. Pathania (4♂ 3♀), PAU 30.xi,2012, Sunita, Kritika and P.C. Pathania (2♂ 4♀), PAU, 13.viii.2013, Avi Kumar and P.C. Pathania (5♂ 5♀), PAU, 11.viii.2015, Sachin and P.C. Pathania (4♂). GADVASU, 17.viii.2015, Sachin and P.C. Pathania (1♂ 1♀), Floriculture garden, 14.viii.2015, Sachin and P.C. Pathania (1♂ 1♀), CIPHET, 11.viii.2015, Sachin and P.C. Pathania (1♂).

Distribution: Throughout Asia, Pakistan and southern Asia, including India and all regions east of it, Malaysia and Indonesia, and on the coast of southern China, the Philippine islands, and the southwestern islands of Japan ( Suwarno, 2010).

Host plant: Atalantia racemosa , Aegle marmelos , Citrus aurantifolia , Citrus grandis , Citrus limon , Citrus medica , Citrus sinensis , Glycosmis arborea , Murraya koenigii , Murraya paniculata, Tripahsia sp., Zanthoxylum rhetsa ( Kunte, 2000) .

Distribution: Nicobar Islands ( Talbot, 1939).

Host plant: Citrus , Murraya, Triphasia, Xanthoxylon ( Talbot, 1939)

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