Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Papilionidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Papilio | |
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Similar Papilio phestus, Papilio acheron, Papilio diophantus, Papilio fuelleborni, Papilio inopinatus | ||
Papilio schmeltzi is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is endemic to Fiji.
Etymology
Named to honour the German naturalist Johann Schmeltz. It is common and not threatened.
References
Papilio schmeltzi Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA