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''Papilio syfanius'' is a
species In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), 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 ...
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swallowtail butterfly 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 ...
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'' Papilio'' that is found in China.Papilio at Funet
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Subspecies

*''Papilio syfanius syfanius'' (northern Yunnan) *''Papilio syfanius albosyfanius'' Shimogori & Fujioka, 1997 (northern Yunnan) *''Papilio syfanius kongaensis'' (Yoshino, 1997) (Sichuan)


References


Other reading

*Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach, 1998 ''Schmetterlinge der Erde'', Butterflies of the world Part I (1), Papilionidae Papilionidae I: ''Papilio'', Subgenus ''Achillides'', ''Bhutanitis'', ''Teinopalpus''. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach. Keltern : Goecke & Evers ; Canterbury : Hillside Books syfanius Butterflies described in 1886 Butterflies of Asia Taxa named by Charles Oberthür {{Papilionidae-stub