Papilio pitmani

Papilio pitmani
Original figure in Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (fig.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. pitmani
Binomial name
Papilio pitmani Elwes & de Nicéville, [1887]
Synonyms
Papilio hipponous siamensis Godfrey, 1916

Papilio pitmani is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Burma, Thailand and Vietnam.[1]

Subspecies

• Papilio pitmani pitmani
• Papilio duboisi Vitalis de Salvaza, 1921 (central Vietnam)

Taxonomy

Papilio pitmani 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. & R. Felder, 1862
• Papilio jordani Fruhstorfer, 1906
• Papilio pitmani Elwes & de Nicéville, [1887]
• Papilio prexaspes C. & R. Felder, 1865
• Papilio sakontala Hewitson, 1864

References

1. Papilio at Funet

External links

• The Global Butterfly Information System Images of specimens deposited in the Natural History Museum, London Includes images of Papilio pitmani subspecies leptopsephus Fruhstorfer, 1909