Pachliopta leytensis

Pachliopta leytensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Pachliopta
Species: P. leytensis
Binomial name
Pachliopta leytensis
Page & Treadaway, 2003[1]
Synonyms
  • Pachliopta leytensis Murayama, 1978
  • Papilio phegeus Hopffer, 1866
  • Pachliopta phegeus
  • Papilio phegeus Rothschild, 1895
  • Atrophaneura leytensis (Murayama, 1978)[2]

Pachliopta leytensis is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae that is found in the Philippines.

The larvae feed on Aristolochia philippensis.

References

  1. Atrophaneura at Funet
  2. Murayama, S.I. 1978. On some species of Rhopalocera from Southeast Asia with description of a new species and a new subspecies. Tyo to Ga, 29 (3): 153-158.


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