| Papilio sakontala | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Papilio |
| Species: | P. sakontala |
| Binomial name | |
| Papilio sakontala Hewitson, 1864 | |
Papilio sakontala is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in India. [1]
P. sakontala Hew. (32 c). Male: both wings narrower than in Papilio hipponous and Papilio polytes Forewing with narrow marginal spots and grey discal stripes, without the band of P. hipponous; hindwing with a discal band composed of separated patches more or less strongly dusted with black, in which the 4. and 5. spots are the longest; the reddish submarginal spots of the hindwing beneath are very small, some of them not developed. — A rare North Indian species, of which so far only a few specimens have been found; from Mussourie eastwards to the Naga Hills in Upper Assam. [2]
The taxonomic rank of Papilio sakontala is uncertain. It is a member of the fuscus species-group. The members of this clade are
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