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Papilio phestus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Papilionidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Papilio

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Similar
  
Papilio inopinatus, Papilio woodfordi, Papilio diophantus, Papilio fuelleborni, Papilio iswaroides

Papilio phestus is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found on Solomon Islands, New Britain, New Ireland, New Hanover Island, and Admiralty Island.

Contents

The larvae feed on Citrus species.

Subspecies

  • Papilio phestus phestus (New Ireland, New Hanover)
  • Papilio phestus parkinsoni Honrath, 1886 (New Britain)
  • Papilio phestus reductus Rothschild, 1915 (Admiralty Islands)
  • Papilio phestus minusculus Ribbe, 1898 (Solomon Islands to New Georgia Group)

    • Ecozone

    This species is located in the Australasian ecozone.

    Taxonomy

    Papilio phestus is a member of the polytes species-group. The clade members are

  • Papilio polytes Linnaeus, 1758
  • Papilio ambrax Boisduval, 1832
  • Papilio phestus Guérin-Méneville, 1830

    • References

    Papilio phestus Wikipedia
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