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Subfamily Papilio - aegeus Group - Eurasia - Swallowtail - Aegeus Group
Australia Orchard Butterfly

Papilio aegeus
New Guinea Orchard Swallowtail

Papilio aegeus


Papilio bridgei


Papilio gambrisius


Papilio heringi


Papilio inopinatus


Papilio ptolychus


Papilio tydeus


Papilio woodfordi

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

Latin

English

Kingdom Animalia Animal
Phylum Arthropoda Jointed Legged Animals
Class Insecta Insects
Order Lepidoptera Butterflies And Moths
Family Papilionidae Swallowtails
SubFamily Papilio - aegeus Group - Eurasia Swallowtail - Aegeus Group

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