Higher classification Papilio | Family Papilionidae Scientific name Papilio moerneri Rank Species | |
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Similar Papilio aristophontes, Papilio weymeri, Papilio fuelleborni, Papilio plagiatus, Papilio caiguanabus | ||
Papilio moerneri is a rare species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to New Ireland in Papua New Guinea. It may also occur on New Britain as a second subspecies, P. m. mayrhoferi was described from this island in 1939, but there have been no further confirmed sigtings from this part of its range.
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