Papilio pitmani

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Papilionidae
Subfamilia: Papilioninae
Tribus: Papilionini
Genus: Papilio
Subgenus: Papilio (Menelaides)
Species: Papilio (Menelaides) pitmani
Name
Papilio (Menelaides) pitmani Elwes & de Nicéville, 1886

Papilio pitmani is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Burma, Thailand and Vietnam.[1]

Subspecies

Papilio pitmani pitmani
Papilio duboisi Vitalis de Salvaza, 1921 (central Vietnam)

Taxonomy

Papilio pitmani is a member of the fuscus species-group. The members of this clade are

Papilio albinus Wallace, 1865
Papilio diophantus Grose-Smith, 1883
Papilio fuscus Goeze, 1779
Papilio hipponous C. & R. Felder, 1862
Papilio jordani Fruhstorfer, 1906
Papilio pitmani Elwes & de Nicéville, [1887]
Papilio prexaspes C. & R. Felder, 1865
Papilio sakontala Hewitson, 1864

References

Papilio at Funet

External links

The Global Butterfly Information System Images of specimens deposited in the Natural History Museum, London Includes images of Papilio pitmani subspecies leptopsephus Fruhstorfer, 1909