''Papilio peranthus'' 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
Indonesia
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(including
Java
Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's mo ...
,
Sulawesi and the
Lesser Sunda Islands
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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 70–90 mm.
Subspecies
*''Papilio peranthus peranthus'' (Java)
*''Papilio peranthus adamantius''
C. & R. Felder, 1865 (Celebes)
*''Papilio peranthus intermedius''
Snellen, 1890 (Tanadjampea, Bonerate, Kalaotoa)
*''Papilio peranthus fulgens''
Röber, 1891 (Bonerate, Lombok, Sambawa, Flores, Pura, Adonara)
*''Papilio peranthus baweanus''
Hagen, 1896 (Bawean)
*''Papilio peranthus transiens''
Fruhstorfer, 1897 (Lesser Sunda Islands)
*''Papilio peranthus insulicola''
Rothschild, 1896 (Saleyer)
Gallery
File:Papilio peranthus adamantius.JPG, ''Papilio peranthus'' ♂
File:Papilio peranthus kangean MHNT.jpg, ''Papilio peranthus'' ♀
Other reading
*Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach, 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
External links
*
Butterfly Corner
peranthus
Butterflies of Borneo
Butterflies of Java
Butterflies described in 1787
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