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Narrative
Papilio aegeus group contains some large and nicely colored butterflies. Members of this group are as follows:
SPECIES - - - - - LOCATION
Papilio aegeus* - Australia, Papua, Indonesia
Papilio bridgei* - Solomon Islands
Papilio erskinei - Solomon Islands
Papilio gambrisius* - Ceram, Ambon, Buru (Indonesia)
Papilio herringi* - Halmahera (Indonesia)
Papilio hypsicles - New Hebrides
Papilio inopinatus* - Lesser Sunda, Etc. (Indonesia)
Papilio oberon - Solomon Islands
Papilio ptolyclus* - Solomon Islands
Papilio tydeus* - Bacan, Halmahera, Etc (Indonesia)
Papilio weymeri(=cartereti) - Admiralty Island
Papilio woodfori* - Solomon Islands
Papilio erskinei is probably a subspecies of P. bridgei.
Papilio oberon might be a subspecies of Papilio aegeus.
Taxonomy
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Latin
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English
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Kingdom
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Animalia
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Animal
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Phylum
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Arthropoda
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Jointed Legged Animals
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Class
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Insecta
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Insects
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Order
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Lepidoptera
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Butterflies And Moths
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Family
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Papilionidae
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Swallowtails
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SubFamily
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Papilio - aegeus Group - Eurasia
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Swallowtail - Aegeus Group
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References
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| Genus | Species |
| Cytheitis | rhodopteron |
| Cytheitis | schultzei |
| Graphium | arcesilaus |
| Graphium | earis |
| Graphium | hipparchus |
| Graphium | iphitas |
| Graphium | orthosilaus |
| Iphimedeia | niepelti |
| Iphimedeia | richardus |
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