Papilio Chilasa moernerie

Papilio (Chilasa) epycides, the lesser mime, is a swallowtail butterfly found in India and parts of South-East Asia. The butterfly belongs to the mime (Chilasa) subgenus or the black-bodied swallowtails. It is a mimic of a common Indian Danainae, the glassy tiger butterfly. The butterfly is found in India from Nepal to north Myanmar right across Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. It is also found in Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Kampuchea, peninsular Malaysia and southern China (including Taiwan).