Hibernation is as pupa. For some reason, most lab-reared pupae emerge after two years of winter. Some pupae have been known to diapause for up to seven years. Minori is one of the most beautiful races of P. indra . Its large size with long tails combined with thin to intermittent cream bands and generous blue dorsal hindwing scales are diagnostic.
Adults display a significant amount of individual variation.
It is the opinion of the author that this form kaibabensis which most authorities treat as a distinct subspecies really is a genetic drift morph of minori for two reasons. First, the kaibabensis form appears at least seldomly in mostly all minori populations. Again, its just an example of individual variation. Second, the habitat and bionomics of the two taxa are virtually indistinguishable. Males hilltop on the tops of reefs, buttes, or even sheer peaks in search of females.