''Papilio jordani'', the Jordan's swallowtail, is a
vulnerable species of
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 ...
in the family
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 ...
. It is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to northern
Sulawesi
Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ...
in
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
.
Taxonomy
''Papilio jordani'' is a member of the ''fuscus''
species group
In biology, a species complex is a group of closely related organisms that are so similar in appearance and other features that the boundaries between them are often unclear. The taxa in the complex may be able to hybridize readily with each oth ...
. The members of this
clade
A clade (), also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a group of organisms that are monophyletic – that is, composed of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants – on a phylogenetic tree. Rather than the English term, ...
are:
* ''
Papilio albinus''
Wallace, 1865
* ''
Papilio diophantus''
Grose-Smith, 1883
* ''
Papilio fuscus
''Papilio fuscus'', the Canopus swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae, that is found on Timor, northern Australia, and New Guinea.
The wingspan is about 80 mm.
The larvae feed on Rutaceae species.
Subspecies
*''P. f. fus ...
''
Goeze, 1779
* ''
Papilio hipponous''
C. & R. Felder, 1862
* ''Papilio jordani''
Fruhstorfer, 1906
* ''
Papilio pitmani
''Papilio pitmani'' is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus ''Papilio'' that is found in Burma, Thailand and Vietnam.
Subspecies
*''Papilio pitmani pitmani''
*''Papilio duboisi'' Vitalis de Salvaza, 1921 (central Vietnam)
Taxonom ...
''
Elwes & de Nicéville, 887/small>
* ''Papilio prexaspes
''Papilio prexaspes'', the blue Helen, is a swallowtail butterfly found in Southeast Asia. The race found in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, ''Papilio prexaspes andamanicus'' (earlier placed under ''Papilio fuscus''), is also known as the Andam ...
'' C. & R. Felder, 1865
* ''Papilio sakontala
''Papilio sakontala'' is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus ''Papilio'' that is found in India.
Taxonomy
The taxonomic rank of ''Papilio sakontala'' is uncertain. It is a member of the ''fuscus'' species-group. The members of th ...
'' Hewitson, 1864
Etymology
It was named to honour German entomologist
Karl Jordan.
References
External links
The Global Butterfly Information SystemImages of male
syntype
In biological nomenclature, a syntype is any one of two or more biological types that is listed in a description of a taxon where no holotype was designated. Precise definitions of this and related terms for types have been established as part of ...
deposited in the
Natural History Museum, London
The Natural History Museum in London is a museum that exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history. It is one of three major museums on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, the others being the Science Museum an ...
. Taxonomic history.
jordani
Butterflies of Indonesia
Endemic fauna of Indonesia
Fauna of Sulawesi
Butterflies described in 1902
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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