''Pachliopta liris'' is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

from the

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

Papilionidae Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies in the family Papilionidae, and include over 550 species. Though the majority are tropical, members of the family inhabit every continent except Antarctica. The family includes the larges ...

that is found on

Timor Timor is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, in the north of the Timor Sea. The island is East Timor–Indonesia border, divided between the sovereign states of East Timor on the eastern part and Indonesia on the western p ...

, Wetar Is. and Savu Is. The wingspan is 100–110 mm. The wings are dark-brown with red spots and white bands. The red spots are absent in females. The females are darker than the males.ButterflyCorner.net
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Subspecies

*''Pachliopta liris liris'' (Timor) *''Pachliopta liris aberrans'' (Butler, 1883) (Timor) *''Pachliopta liris senescens'' (Röber, 1891) (Kisser) *''Pachliopta liris wetterensis'' (Rothschild, 1895) (Wetar) *''Pachliopta liris pallidus'' (Rothschild, 1895) (Leti Islands) *''Pachliopta liris gaetus'' Fruhstorfer (Savu Islands) *''Pachliopta liris seruaensis'' (Arima & Morimoto, 1991) (Serua Island)

References

Pachliopta Butterflies described in 1819 Insects of Timor Butterflies of Indonesia {{Papilionidae-stub