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Papilio syfanius

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Papilio syfanius
Papilio syfanius in Leech Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea (figure 5)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species:
P. syfanius
Binomial name
Papilio syfanius

Papilio syfanius is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in China,[2] where it is endemic. It may be a western subspecies of Papilio bianor differentiated by the white hindwing patches (which vary in extent).

Subspecies

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  • Papilio syfanius syfanius (northern Yunnan)
  • Papilio syfanius albosyfanius Shimogori & Fujioka, 1997 (northern Yunnan)
  • Papilio syfanius kongaensis (Yoshino, 1997) (Sichuan)

References

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  1. ^ Oberthür, C. 1886 Espèces Nouvelles de Lépidoptères du Thibet / Nouveaux Lépidoptères du Thibet Étud. d'Ent. 11 : 13-38, pl. 1-7
  2. ^ "Papilio". www.nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2023-11-15.

Other reading

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  • Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach, 1998 Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the world Part I (1), Papilionidae Papilionidae I: Papilio, Subgenus Achillides, Bhutanitis, Teinopalpus. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach. Keltern : Goecke & Evers; Canterbury : Hillside Books ISBN 9783931374624
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