TL: [South India]
Differs from the typical form Graphium (Pathysa) antiphates chiefly in the greater width of the black markings on the upperside, especially of the basal and subbasal bands that cross the fore wing, both of which also extend to the dorsum. On the hindwing the black markings of the underside on the basal and discal areas are not only seen by transparency from below, but are actually represented, though only partially, by black scaling; the width of the dark grey terminal portion is also greater, and it has a tendency to turn to dusky black anteriorly, so that the sub-terminal series of black lunules are obscured anteriorly and are difficult to make out.
Underside: markings similar to those of the typical form, but broader; fore wing with the discal transverse band that reaches from costa to vein 1; hind wing: the black bands that cross the cell broader and proportionately closer together.
Underside: markings similar to those of the typical form, but broader; fore wing with the discal transverse band that reaches from costa to vein 1; hind wing: the black bands that cross the cell broader and proportionately closer together.
Habitat
- Deciduous forests
68-95 mm
Regional distr. - legend
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
EnglishSpot Swordtail 
മലയാളംപുള്ളിവാൾ വാലൻ 
ไทยหางดาบลายจุด 
中文红绶绿凤蝶
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Annonaceae Miliusa tomentosum Annonaceae Miliusa velutina Annonaceae Polyalthia longifolia False Ashoka
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Papilio nomius Esper, 1799
- Subspecies
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Species Author Graphium (Pathysa) nomius hainana (I.Chou, 1994) Graphium (Pathysa) nomius nomius (Esper, [1799]) Graphium (Pathysa) nomius swinhoei (Moore, 1878)
- Graphium (Pathysa) nomius is a member of the clade Graphium antiphates:
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Species Author Graphium (Pathysa) agetes (Westwood, 1843) Graphium (Pathysa) androcles (Boisduval, 1836) Graphium (Pathysa) antiphates (Cramer, [1776]) Graphium (Pathysa) aristeus (Stoll, [1780]) Graphium (Pathysa) decolor (Staudinger, 1888) Graphium (Pathysa) dorcus de Haan, 1840 Graphium (Pathysa) epaminondas (Oberthür, 1879) Graphium (Pathysa) euphrates (C. & R. Felder, 1862) Graphium (Pathysa) euphratoides Eimer, 1889 Graphium (Pathysa) nomius (Esper, [1799]) Graphium (Pathysa) rhesus (Boisduval, 1836) Graphium (Pathysa) stratiotes (Grose-Smith, 1897)
- Links
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Language Website Authors Butterflies of India Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy 
Lepiforum e. V.
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