''Papilio noblei'' is a
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises ...
of the family
Papilionidae
Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful 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 includes the larges ...
. It is found in
Southeast Asia
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, from
Burma
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to
Vietnam
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. Recently, this species was also sighted in
Namdapha National Park
Namdapha National Park is a large protected area in Arunachal Pradesh of Northeast India. The park was established in 1983. With more than 1,000 floral and about 1,400 faunal species, it is a biodiversity hotspot in the Eastern Himalayas. The ...
,
India
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.
The
wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan ...
is 100–120 mm.
Taxonomy

''Papilio noblei'' is a member of the ''noblei''
species group
In biology, a species complex is a group of closely related organisms that are so similar in appearance and other features that the boundaries between them are often unclear. The taxa in the complex may be able to hybridize readily with each oth ...
; closely related to the ''demolion'' species group. The members of this
clade are:
* ''
Papilio antonio''
Hewitson, 875
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Events
By place
Europe
* August 12 – Emperor Louis II dies in Brescia, after having named his c ...
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* ''Papilio noblei'' de Nicéville, 889
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Events
By place
Europe
* Guy III, duke of Spoleto, defeats the Lombard king Berengar I at the ...
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Subspecies
There are two recognised subspecies:
* ''Papilio noblei hoa'' Gabriel, 1945
* ''Papilio noblei noblei''
References
Further reading
*
* T. R. New, N. Mark Collins: ''Swallowtail butterflies.'' IUCN, 1991, 36 Seiten,
*
Hans Fruhstorfer
Hans Fruhstorfer (7 March 1866, in Passau, Germany – 9 April 1922, in Munich) was a German explorer, insect trader and entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. He collected and described new species of exotic butterflies, especially in A ...
: ''Verzeichnis der in Tonkin, Annam und Siam gesammelten Papilioniden und Besprechung verwandter Formen.'' Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, 47; 167-234, Berlin 190
PDF(19 MB).
* Kasambe, Raju. (2022)
Noble’s Helen Papilio noblei De Nicéville, deposited in the Natural History Museum, London - ''jordani'' de Nicéville, [1889] and ssp. ''hoa'' Gabriel,1945. Taxonomic history.
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Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
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The NHM Vienna is one of the largest museum ...
Butterflies of Indochina
noblei
Butterflies of Indochina
Butterflies described in 1889
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