''Papilio mahadeva'', the Burmese raven, is a

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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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Subspecies

*''Papilio mahadeva mahadeva'' (Thailand) *''Papilio mahadeva mehala'' Grose-Smith, 1886 (Burma) *''Papilio mahadeva selangoranus'' Fruhstorfer, 1901 (northern Peninsular Malaya) *''Papilio mahadeva choui'' Li, 1994 (Guangxi)

Biology

''Papilio mahadeva'' is a

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Habitat

It lives in lowland dipterocarp forests and forest edges at up to 500 m.

Systematics

''Papilio mahadeva'' is a member of the ''castor''

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Papilio castor ''Papilio castor'', the common raven, is a species of swallowtail butterfly found in Cambodia and South Asia. Description The male has black upper wings, more or less irrorated (sprinkled) with yellowish-brown scales that on the forewing form ...

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Papilio dravidarum ''Papilio dravidarum'', the Malabar raven, is an endemic species of swallowtail butterfly found in the Western Ghats of India. Description The Malabar raven is a blackish-brown tailless swallowtail butterfly, about 80 to 100 mm in size. ...

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References

External links

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mahadeva Mahadeva may refer to: Religion *Mahadeva, a title of the Hindu god Shiva ** Parashiva, a form of Shiva ** Parameshwara (god), a form of Shiva *Para Brahman, a Hindu deity *Adi-Buddha, in Buddhism, the "First Buddha" or the "Primordial Buddha" *M ...

Butterflies described in 1879 Butterflies of Asia Taxa named by Frederic Moore {{Papilionidae-stub