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It is a black-bodied swallowtail butterfly. The female mimics the Crimson Rose and the Common Rose. The adult male has a black upperside. Fore Wings are marked with broad, irregular white streaks in the cell, tornus and apex. Hind Wing is spotted with elongated red spots in the apex and disc, red crescent spots in the margin and pale red spots in the termen. In both sexes, hindwing has a black-centered reddish spot in the tornus and the body without red markings.

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