''Pachliopta polyphontes'' is a

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

butterfly Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

from the

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

Papilionidae Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful Butterfly, butterflies in the family Papilionidae, and include over 550 species. Though the majority are tropical, members of the family inhabit every continent except Antarctica. The family includ ...

that is found in

Sulawesi Sulawesi ( ), also known as Celebes ( ), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the List of islands by area, world's 11th-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Min ...

and on the

Moluccas The Maluku Islands ( ; , ) or the Moluccas ( ; ) are an archipelago in the eastern part of Indonesia. Tectonically they are located on the Halmahera Plate within the Molucca Sea Collision Zone. Geographically they are located in West Melanesi ...

Subspecies

*''Pachliopta polyphontes polyphontes'' (Sulawesi, Talaud) *''Pachliopta polyphontes rosea'' (Oberthür, 1879) (Selajar Islands) *''Pachliopta polyphontes aipytos'' Fruhstorfer (Sula Islands) *''Pachliopta polyphontes sejanus'' Fruhstorfer (Bachan, Halmahera, Ternate, Morotai)

References

Pachliopta Butterflies described in 1836 Butterflies of Indonesia Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval {{Papilionidae-stub