Pachliopta liris

Pachliopta liris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Pachliopta
Species:	P. liris
Binomial name
Pachliopta liris (Godart, 1819)
Synonyms
Papilio liris Godart, 1819 Papilio liris Rothschild, 1895 Atrophaneura liris (Godart, 1819) Pachlioptera liris[1] Papilio aberrans Butler, 1883

Pachliopta liris is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae that is found on Timor, Wetar Is. and Savu Is.

The wingspan is 100–110 mm. The wings are dark-brown with red spots and white bands. The red spots are absent in females. The females are darker than the males.[2]

Subspecies

• Pachliopta liris liris (Timor)
• Pachliopta liris aberrans (Butler, 1883) (Timor)
• Pachliopta liris senescens (Röber, 1891) (Kisser)
• Pachliopta liris wetterensis (Rothschild, 1895) (Wetar)
• Pachliopta liris pallidus (Rothschild, 1895) (Leti Islands)
• Pachliopta liris gaetus Fruhstorfer (Savu Islands)
• Pachliopta liris seruaensis (Arima & Morimoto, 1991) (Serua Island)

References

1. Atrophaneura at Funet
2. ButterflyCorner.net