Papilio moerneri
Papilio moerneri | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Papilionidae |
Genus: | Papilio |
Species: | P. moerneri |
Binomial name | |
Papilio moerneri Aurivillius, 1919 | |
Synonyms | |
Chilasa moerneri |
Papilio moerneri is a rare species of butterfly in the Papilionidae family. 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.
Source
- Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. Papilio moerneri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 31 July 2007.