The Great Mormon, Papilio memnon, Male, seen mud-puddling in a ditch

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Summary[edit] Description: English: The Great Mormon, a papilionid butterfly, is known to mud puddle frequently, especially on hot, humid and sunny days. This interesting activity helps them obtain and nutrients and dissolved minerals from water, which they, then, concentrate in their bodies to nourish not only the developing male gametes(sperms) , but also the zygote(embryo) formed after fertilization. Date: 18 September 2014, 13:55:03. Source: Own work. Author: Thomas TK Tungnung. Camera location 24° 20′ 10.91″ N, 93° 41′ 35.08″ E : View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth: 24.336363; 93.693077. India, Manipur, Churachandpur, New Lamka Licensing[edit] : This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.:. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 CC BY-SA 4.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 truetrue.