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 ...
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
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Papilio
''Papilio'' is a genus in the swallowtail butterfly family, Papilionidae, as well as the only representative of the tribe Papilionini. The word ''papilio'' is Latin for butterfly.
It includes the common yellow swallowtail (''Papilio machaon''), ...
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Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capit ...
New Hanover Island
New Hanover Island, (german: Neuhannover), also called Lavongai, is a large volcanic island in the New Ireland Province of Papua New Guinea. This region is part of the Bismarck Archipelago and lies at . Measuring some , it had a population of 5, ...
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Admiralty Island
Admiralty Island is an island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska, at . It is long and wide with an area of , making it the seventh-largest island in the United States and the 132nd largest island in the world. It is one of the ...
Citrus
''Citrus'' is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs in the rue family, Rutaceae. Plants in the genus produce citrus fruits, including important crops such as oranges, lemons, grapefruits, pomelos, and limes. The genus ''Citrus'' is native to ...
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Subspecies
*''Papilio phestus phestus'' (New Ireland, New Hanover)
*''Papilio phestus parkinsoni'' Honrath, 1886 (New Britain)
*''Papilio phestus reductus'' Rothschild, 1915 (Admiralty Islands)
*''Papilio phestus minusculus'' Ribbe, 1898 (Solomon Islands to New Georgia Group)
Biogeographic realm
This species is located in the
Australasian realm
The Australasian realm is a biogeographic realm that is coincident with, but not (by some definitions) the same as, the geographical region of Australasia. The realm includes Australia, the island of New Guinea (comprising Papua New Guinea and th ...
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Taxonomy
''Papilio phestus'' is a member of the ''polytes'' species-group. The clade members are
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Papilio polytes
''Papilio polytes'', the common Mormon, is a common species of swallowtail butterfly widely distributed across Asia.
This butterfly is known for the mimicry displayed by the numerous forms of its females which mimic inedible red-bodied swall ...
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Papilio ambrax
''Papilio ambrax'', the Ambrax butterfly, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Queensland, Australia, as well as the Aru Islands, Papua (Indonesia), and Papua New Guinea.
The wingspan is .
The larvae feed on ''Citrus'' s ...
*Ebner, J.A. (1971). Some notes on the Papilionidae of Manus Island, New Guinea 1971 ''Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society'' 1971 Volume 25 :73-8 Figure. notes on ''reductus'' Rothschild, 1915