Papilio tydeus

Papilio tydeus
The Felder plate accompanying the original description
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. tydeus
Binomial name
Papilio tydeus C. & R. Felder, 1860

Papilio tydeus is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in the Moluccas^[1] (Batchian and Gilolo).^[2]

Status

Common and not threatened.

Subspecies

• Papilio tydeus tydeus (Bachan, Ternate, Halmahera, Morotai)
• Papilio tydeus obiensis Rothschild, 1898 (Obi)

Taxonomy

Papilio tydeus is a member of the aegeus species-group. The clade members are

• Papilio aegeus Donovan, 1805
• Papilio bridgei Mathew, 1886
  • ? Papilio erskinei Mathew, 1886
• Papilio gambrisius Cramer, [1777]
• Papilio inopinatus Butler, 1883
• Papilio ptolychus Godman & Salvin, 1888
• Papilio tydeus C. & R. Felder, 1860
• Papilio weymeri Niepelt, 1914
• Papilio woodfordi Godman & Salvin, 1888

See also

• Wallacea

References

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