This
butterfly is a remarkable mimic. A palatable swallowtail, it comes in
two completely different forms, each of which imitates the colours and
patterns of quite unrelated and unpalatable butterflies in the family
Danaidae. I didn't see it on my trip, though I did see the species it
mimics. Fred found both mimetic forms and got photographs of them,
though he didn't see the models! All the pictures below were taken by
Fred.
Here is form clytia,
which mimics the common crow:
And here is the form dissimilis, which
mimics the blue tiger:
