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Papilio mahadeva

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Papilionidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Papilio

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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.

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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)

    • Biology

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

    Habitat

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

    Systematics

    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]

    • References

    Papilio mahadeva Wikipedia
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