Papilio pitmani

Papilio pitmani
Original figure in Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (fig.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. pitmani
Binomial name
Papilio pitmani Elwes & de Nicéville, [1887]
Synonyms
Papilio hipponous siamensisGodfrey, 1916

Papilio pitmani, known as the banded mormon, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Burma, Thailand and Vietnam. ^[1]

Description

Very similar to Papilio hipponous but forewing above without distinct band, at most with a small spot before the hindmargin. ^[2]

Subspecies

• Papilio pitmani pitmani
• Papilio duboisiVitalis de Salvaza, 1921 (central Vietnam)

Taxonomy

Papilio pitmani is a member of the fuscus species-group. The members of this clade are

• Papilio albinus Wallace, 1865
• Papilio diophantus Grose-Smith, 1883
• Papilio fuscus Goeze, 1779
• Papilio hipponous C. & R. Felder, 1862
• Papilio jordani Fruhstorfer, 1906
• Papilio pitmaniElwes & de Nicéville, [1887]
• Papilio prexaspes C. & R. Felder, 1865
• Papilio sakontala Hewitson, 1864

References

1. Papilio at Funet
2. Jordan, K. in Seitz, A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

External links

• The Global Butterfly Information System ^{[ permanent dead link ]} Images of specimens deposited in the Natural History Museum, London Includes images of Papilio pitmani subspecies leptopsephus Fruhstorfer, 1909