Papilio iswara
Papilio iswara, the great Helen, is a species of large swallowtail butterfly found in parts of Southeast Asia.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Papilio |
| Species: | P. iswara |
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| Papilio iswara White, 1842 | |
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Status
Papilio iswara is not uncommon and not threatened.
Subspecies
- Papilio iswara iswara (southern Burma to Singapore, Sumatra, Bangka)
- Papilio iswara araspes C. & R. Felder, 1859 (northern Borneo, Natuna Island)
Taxonomy
Papilio iswara is a member of the helenus species group. The members of this clade are:
- Papilio helenus Linnaeus, 1758
- Papilio iswara White, 1842
- Papilio iswaroides Fruhstorfer, 1898
- Papilio nephelus Boisduval, 1836
- Papilio nubilus Staudinger, 1895
- Papilio sataspes C. & R. Felder, 1865
Type material
The holotype is conserved in the Natural History Museum, London.
References
- White, A., 1842, Notice of two New Species of Papilio from Penang, presented to the British Museum by Sir. Wm. Norris. Entomologist 1:280.
- Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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