Papilio sakontala

Papilio sakontala
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. sakontala
Binomial name
Papilio sakontala Hewitson, 1864

Papilio sakontala is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in India.[1]

Taxonomy

The taxonomic rank of Papilio sakontala is uncertain. It 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 holotype deposited in the Natural History Museum, London. Taxonomic history.