Papilio hipponous

Papilio hipponous
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Division:	Rhopalocera
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Tribe:	Papilionini
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. hipponous
Binomial name
Papilio hipponous C & R. Felder, 1862
Synonyms
Menelaides hipponous

Papilio hipponous is a butterfly of the Papilionidae family. It is found in the Philippines.

The larvae feed on Citrus species.

Subspecies

• Papilio hipponous hipponous (Philippines (Camiguin de Luzon, Luzon))
• Papilio hipponous lunifer Rothschild, 1894 (Talaud, Sangie Islands)
• Papilio hipponous bazilanus Fruhstorfer, 1899 (Philippines (Basilan, Mindanao))
• Papilio hipponous leptosephus Fruhstorfer, 1909 (Assam)
• Papilio hipponous gamay (Page & Treadaway, 2003) (Philippines (Balabac, Palawan))
• Papilio hipponous madil (Page & Treadaway, 2003) (Philippines (Busuanga))
• Papilio hipponous daku (Page & Treadaway, 2003) (Philippines (Marinduque, Mindoro))
• Papilio hipponous rolandi (Page & Treadaway, 2003) (Philippines (Panay, Bohol, Siquijor, Negros))
• Papilio hipponous palpag (Page & Treadaway, 2003) (Philippines (Sanga Sanga, Sibuti, Tawitawi))
• Papilio hipponous lynn (Page & Treadaway, 2003) (Philippines (Cuyo Islands))

Taxonomy

Papilio hipponous is a member of the fuscus species-group. The members of this clade are

• Papilio albinus Wallace, 1865
• Papilio antonio Hewitson, [1875]
• Papilio diophantus Grose-Smith, 1883
• Papilio fuscus Goeze, 1779
• Papilio hipponous C. & R. Felder, 1862
• Papilio jordani Fruhstorfer, 1906
• Papilio noblei de Nicéville, [1889]
• Papilio pitmani Elwes & de Nicéville, [1887]
• Papilio prexaspes C. & R. Felder, 1865
• Papilio sakontala Hewitson, 1864

References

• Collins, N.M., Morris, M.G., IUCN ,1985 Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: the IUCN Red Data Book (1985) IUCN pdf
• Page M. G.P & Treadaway,C. G. 2003 Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the world Part XVII (17), Papilionidae IX Papilionidae of the Philippine Islands. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach Keltern : Goecke & Evers ; Canterbury : Hillside Books. ISBN 978-3-931374-45-7

External links

• = The Global Butterfly Information System Images of specimens deposited in the Natural History Museum, London including syntypes of bazilanus Fruhstorfer. Taxonomic history.

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