Photos from this gallery represent immatures of Papilio indra fordi from the Granite Mountains, San Bernardino, California. Eggs and caterpillars were located on 16 Apr 2005.

This is a spring flying butterfly that flies in conjunction with timely winter precipitation in the Mojave Desert. This butterfly uses Cymopterus panamintensis var. acutifolius as larval food plant.

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