''Papilio tydeus'' is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ...
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 larges ...
from the
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
''
Papilio'' that is found in the
Moluccas
The Maluku Islands (; Indonesian: ''Kepulauan Maluku'') or the Moluccas () are an archipelago in the east of Indonesia. Tectonically they are located on the Halmahera Plate within the Molucca Sea Collision Zone. Geographically they are located ...
(Batchian and Gilolo).
Status
Common and not threatened.
Subspecies
*''Papilio tydeus tydeus'' (Bachan, Ternate, Halmahera, Morotai)
*''Papilio tydeus obiensis''
Rothschild, 1898 (Obi)
Taxonomy
''Papilio tydeus'' is a member of the ''aegeus''
species-group. The
clade members are
*''
Papilio aegeus
''Papilio aegeus'', the orchard swallowtail butterfly or large citrus butterfly is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae, that is found in eastern Australia and Papua New Guinea.
The larvae of this species are sometimes considered ...
''
Donovan, 1805
*''
Papilio bridgei''
Mathew, 1886
** ? ''
Papilio erskinei''
Mathew, 1886
*''
Papilio gambrisius
''Papilio gambrisius'' is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus '' Papilio'' that is found in Serang, Moluccas, Ambon Island, Seram and Buru.
Subspecies
*''Papilio gambrisius gambrisius'' (Serang, Ambon)
*''Papilio gambrisius colossu ...
''
Cramer, 777/small>
*'' Papilio inopinatus'' Butler, 1883
*'' Papilio ptolychus'' Godman & Salvin, 1888
*''Papilio tydeus'' C. & R. Felder, 1860
*''Papilio weymeri
''Papilio weymeri'' is a species of swallowtail butterfly in the Papilioninae subfamily that is endemic to Papua New Guinea where it is found on Los Negros and Manus Islands.
Description
The species' males are long and are black in colour whil ...
'' Niepelt, 1914
*''Papilio woodfordi
''Papilio woodfordi'', the Woodford's swallowtail, is a swallowtail butterfly of the Papilioninae subfamily. It is found on various islands in the Pacific Ocean (see Subspecies section).
The wingspan is .
The larvae feed on ''Citrus'' species.
...
'' Godman & Salvin, 1888
See also
*
Wallacea
Wallacea is a biogeographical designation for a group of mainly Indonesian islands separated by deep-water straits from the Asian and Australian continental shelves. Wallacea includes Sulawesi, the largest island in the group, as well as ...
References
tydeus
Tydeus (; Ancient Greek: Τυδεύς ''Tūdeus'') was an Aetolian hero in Greek mythology, belonging to the generation before the Trojan War. He was one of the Seven against Thebes, and the father of Diomedes, who is frequently known by the pa ...
Butterflies described in 1860
Butterflies of Indonesia
Taxa named by Baron Cajetan von Felder
Taxa named by Rudolf Felder
{{Papilionidae-stub