| Papilio chikae | |
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| Papilio chikae male | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Papilio |
| Species: | P. chikae |
| Binomial name | |
| Papilio chikae Igarashi, 1965 |
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The Luzon Peacock Swallowtail, Papilio chikae, is a species of butterfly in the Papilionidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines. It has two subspecies, with P. c. chikae from Luzon and P. c. hermeli (Nuyda, 1992) from Mindoro. The latter was originally described as a separate species, but it resembles the nominate subspecies and there are no significant differences in their genitalia, leading recent authorities to treat them as subspecies of a single species.[2]
It is listed as endangered by the IUCN and ESA,[1][3] and is included on Appendix I of CITES,[4] thereby making international trade illegal.