Papilio mahadeva

Updated on Dec 25, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Papilionidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Papilio

Similar Papilio pitmani, Papilio iswaroides, Papilio phestus, Papilio inopinatus, Papilio diophantus

Papilio mahadeva, the Burmese raven, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Thailand, Burma and Guangxi.

Subspecies

Papilio mahadeva mahadeva (Thailand)

Papilio mahadeva mehala Grose-Smith, 1886 (Burma)

Papilio mahadeva selangoranus Fruhstorfer, 1901 (northern Peninsular Malaya)

Papilio mahadeva choui Li, 1994 (Guangxi)

Papilio mahadeva is a mimic of Euploea core. Recorded larval food plants are species of Glycosmis including Glycosmis pentaphylla and Glycosmis citrifolia.

It lives in lowland dipterocarp forests and forest edges at up to 500 m.

Papilio mahadeva is a member of the castor species group. The clade members are:

Papilio castor Westwood, 1842

Papilio dravidarum Wood-Mason, 1880

Papilio mahadeva Moore, [1879]

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