Papilio karna

Papilio karna is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Java, Sumatra, Borneo and the Philippines.[1]

Papilio karna
Papilio karna far right on upper row (dorsal surface) and far left on middle row (ventral surface); remaining are P. paris, P. buddha and P. palinurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Papilionidae
Genus:
Papilio
Species:
P. karna
Binomial name
Papilio karna
C. & R. Felder, 1864
Synonyms
  • Papilio discordia de NicĂ©ville, [1893]

Subspecies
  • Papilio karna karna (western Java: Mount Gede)
  • Papilio karna discordia de NicĂ©ville, [1893] (north-eastern Sumatra)
  • Papilio karna carnatus Rothschild, 1895 (northern Borneo)
  • Papilio karna irauana Jumalon, 1975 (Philippines: Palawan)

References
  1. Papilio at Funet

Other sources
  • Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach, 1998 Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the world Part I (1), Papilionidae Papilionidae I: Papilio, Subgenus Achillides, Bhutanitis, Teinopalpus. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach. Keltern : Goecke & Evers ; Canterbury : Hillside Books ISBN 9783931374624


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