Narrative

Gloss Papilio rank with the birdwings (Ornithoptera) and the Agrias (Nymphalidae) group for beauty as judged by the butterfly collecting community. The species within this group are as follows (an * indicates the species is pictured):

SPECIES - - - - - LOCATION
Papilio arcturus* - Northwest India
Papilio bianor* - China, Taiwan, Japan
Papilio blumei* - Sulawesi (Indonesia)
Papilio buddha* - South India
Papilio sabaria(=chikae) -Luzon
Papilio crino* - South India and Sri Lanka
Papilio daedalus - Palawan and Philippines
Papilio dialis* - South China and Taiwan
Papilio elephenor* - Northeast India, Burma, etcetera
Papilio hoppo* - Taiwan only
Papilio karna* - Palawan, Borneo
Papilio krishna* - Northeast India
Papilio lorquinianus* - Moluccas and Irian Jaya
Papilio maacki* - Japan and N. Korea and China
Papilio montrozueri* - New Caledonia
Papilio neomoegeni* - Sumba only
Papilio paris* - India, Malaysia, Taiwan, etcetera
Papilio pericles* - Timor, etcetera (Indonesia)
Papilio palinurus* - Burma to Malay to Philippines
Papilio peranthus* - Java, Sulawesi, etcetera (Indonesia)
Papilio polyctor* - Afghanistan, north India, Thailand
Papilio syfanius - West China
Papilio ulysses* - Indonesia, Papua, Australia, etcetera

(not pictured) Papilio syfanius is usually considered a form of P. bianor.

Taxonomy

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