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| Papilio albinus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Papilio |
| Species: | P. albinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Papilio albinus Wallace, 1865 | |
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Papilio albinus is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in west Western New Guinea and Papua New Guinea. The species was first described by Alfred Russel Wallace in 1865.[1]
Subspecies
[edit]- Papilio albinus albinus (West Irian)
- Papilio albinus lesches Godman & Salvin, 1880 (New Guinea)
- Papilio albinus yapenensis Goode 2012 (Yapen Island, New Guinea)
- Papilio albinus yahukimo Goode, 2012 (Papua, Yayawijaya Mountains) [2]
Taxonomy
[edit]Papilio albinus is a member of the fuscus species group. The members of this clade are
- Papilio albinus Wallace, 1865
- Papilio diophantus Grose-Smith, 1883
- Papilio fuscus Goeze, 1779
- Papilio hipponous C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862
- Papilio jordani Fruhstorfer, 1906
- Papilio pitmani Elwes & de Nicéville, [1887]
- Papilio prexaspes C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865
- Papilio sakontala Hewitson, 1864
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku (March 20, 2019). "Papilio albinus Wallace, 1865". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
- ^ Goode, M., 2012: Notes on Papilio albinus Wallace, 1865 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) from Papua, Indonesia including descriptions of new subspecies. Sugapa (Suara Serangga Papua) 7 (2): 37–59.
External links
[edit]- "Papilio albinus Wallace, 1865". Insecta.pro. With images.
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