A Checklist of Butterflies of Bangladesh

An academic reference website listing butterfly species recorded in Bangladesh

Papilio clytia Linné, 1758
Common Mime
P clytia photo A
24.11.2012, Dhaka © TR Shihan
P clytia photo A
26.04.2012, Dhaka © TR Shihan
P castor photo A
09.08.2012, Dhaka © TR Shihan
P castor photo A
06.12.2014, Rangamati © TR Shihan
P castor photo A
06.12.2014, Rangamati © TR Shihan
Recorded Place:
Rangamati, Bandarban, Cox’s Bazar, Sylhet, Chuadanga, Moulvibazar, Chattagram, Dhaka, Habiganj, Kushtia, Bogura, Faridpur, Gaipur, Khulna, Habiganj, Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj, Jhenaidah
Distribution map - P clytia
Literature Records:

Chowdhury, S.H. & M. Hossain (2025). PP: 322. Butterflies of Bangladesh-A Pictorial Handbook (Revised and enlarged version II). Dhaka, Bangladesh, 260pp.

Hossain M.M. (2023). A review on the diversity of butterfly (Insecta: lepidoptera) fauna from Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Zoology 51(1): 03-34

Shihan T.R. (2016). A Photographic Guide to theButterflies of Bangladesh. Butterfly Reintroduction Farm, Chuadanga, Bangladesh, 165pp.