''Achillides'', the peacock swallowtails,
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''Papilio
''Papilio'' is a genus in the swallowtail butterfly family, Papilionidae, as well as the only representative of the tribe Papilionini. The word ''papilio'' is Latin for butterfly.
It includes the common yellow swallowtail ('' Papilio machaon'') ...
'' containing 29 species
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and over 100 subspecies
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distributed across the Indo-Australian Archipelago from East Russia, India and to Australia.
Species
* '' Papilio arcturus'' Westwood, 1842 – blue peacock
* ''Papilio'' ''arjuna'' Horsfield, 1828
* '' Papilio bianor'' Cramer, 777/small> – Chinese peacock
* '' Papilio blumei'' Boisduval, 1836 – green swallowtail
* '' Papilio buddha'' Westwood, 1872 – Malabar banded peacock
* '' Papilio chikae'' Igarashi, 1965 – Luzon peacock swallowtail
* '' Papilio crino'' Fabricius, 1793 – common banded peacock
* '' Papilio daedalus'' C. Felder & R. Felder, 1861
* '' Papilio dehaanii'' C. Felder & R. Felder, 1864
* '' Papilio dialis'' Leech, 1893 – southern Chinese peacock
* ''Papilio elephenor
''Papilio elephenor'', the yellow-crested spangle, is a species of swallowtail butterfly found in Northeast India. Following decades without confirmed sightings, it was rediscovered in 2009 in Assam.
Description
Male upperside dull black. Forewi ...
'' Doubleday, 1845 – yellow-crested spangle
* '' Papilio hermeli'' Nuyda, 1992
* '' Papilio hoppo'' Matsumura, 1908
* '' Papilio karna'' C. & R. Felder, 1864
* '' Papilio krishna'' Moore, 1857 – Krishna peacock
* ''Papilio lorquinianus
''Papilio lorquinianus'', the sea green swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in the Moluccas (Morotai, Ternate, Halmahera, Bacan and Seram) and in western Irian Jaya.
Description
The imago has a wingspan of between ...
'' C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865 - sea green swallowtail
* '' Papilio maackii'' Ménétriés, 1859
* '' Papilio montrouzieri'' Boisduval, 1859
* ''Papilio neumoegeni
''Papilio neumoegeni'' is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to the islands of Sumba in Indonesia.
Description
''Papilio neumoegeni'' has a forewing length of 43–48 mm.
Male: The upperside forewing is black ...
'' Honrath, 1890
* '' Papilio orsippus'' Godman & Salvin, 1888
* '' Papilio palinurus'' Fabricius, 1787
* ''Papilio paris
''Papilio paris'', the Paris peacock swallowtail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly found in the Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia.
Subspecies
*''P. p. arjuna'' Horsfield, 1828 (central Java)
*''P. p. battacorum'' Rothschild, 1908 (nort ...
'' Linnaeus, 1758 – Paris peacock
* '' Papilio peranthus'' Fabricius, 1787
* '' Papilio pericles'' Wallace, 1865
* '' Papilio ryukyuensis'' Fujioka, 1975
* '' Papilio syfanius'' Oberthür, 1886
* '' Papilio tamilana'' Moore, 1881
* '' Papilio telegonus'' C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860
* '' Papilio ulysses'' Linnaeus, 1758 - blue mountain butterfly
References
* , 2000: New species, new subspecies, and new record of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) from China (II). ''Entomotaxonomia'' 22(4): 266-274.
* , 1993: A new subspecies of ''Achillides'' form Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). ''Futao'' 12: 17.
* , 1997: A new subspecies of ''Achillides'' from Yapen Is., Indonesia (Lepidoptera : Papilionidae). ''Futao'' 24: 25-27.
* , 1992: Zwei neue taxa der gattung ''Papilio'' Linnaeus, 1758 aus Indonesien. (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). ''Entomologische Zeitschrift'' 102 (16): 289-304.
* , 2002: New species of butterflies (Lepidoptera) from China, II. ''Entomotaxonomia'' 2002 (4): 276-284.
* , 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 for ''Papilio doddsi Janet, 1896''
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
Taxa described in 1819
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