Papilio clytia, the common mime,[1][2] is a swallowtail butterfly found in south and southeast Asia.

Hindwing: the markings also similar to those on the upperside, but the terminal margin beyond the subterminal series of white markings bears a row of comparatively large very conspicuous yellow spots, separated from the white lunules by a series of short transverse detached spots of the ground colour.

All these streaks and spots cream-white with diffuse edges; subterminal and terminal markings as in the first form.

Underside similar to the upperside, the cream-white markings slightly larger, the terminal series of yellow spots on the hindwing as in the first form.

It is also found in Sri Lanka, Thailand, southern China (including Hainan), Hong Kong, Vietnam, Laos, Kampuchea, peninsular Malaysia, Philippines and Indonesia (Flores, Alor, Timor and Moa).

Known to bask and usually sits with the wings spread wide open while feeding on nectar from flowers.

Davidson and Aitken's description of them is as follows: "Not unlike the larva of the Ornithoptera group in form, having similar rows of fleshy processes, but it is by far the handsomest Papilio larva we know, being of a dark umber-brown colour with a bright red spot at the base of each process, a dorsal row of large irregular yellow patches and a partial lateral row ending in a diagonal band which connects the two.

The larvae feed on species of the laurel family Lauraceae "Is unique, exhibiting one of the most remarkable instances of protective resemblance we know.

The last segment is so modified that the pupa is not attached by one point, but appears as if it had grown out of the branch to which it affixes itself.