''Papilio syfanius'' 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), ...
of
swallowtail butterfly
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 larg ...
from the
genus
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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'') ...
'' that is found in
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
,
where it is
endemic
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. It may be a western subspecies of ''
Papilio bianor'' differentiated by the white hindwing patches (which vary in extent).
Subspecies
*''Papilio syfanius syfanius'' (northern Yunnan)
*''Papilio syfanius albosyfanius''
Shimogori & Fujioka, 1997 (northern Yunnan)
*''Papilio syfanius kongaensis''
(Yoshino, 1997) (Sichuan)
References
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
Insecta pro
syfanius
Butterflies described in 1886
Butterflies of Asia
Taxa named by Charles Oberthür
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