''Papilio pitmani'' is a

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of swallowtail butterfly from the

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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''), ...

'' that is found in

Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...

and

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

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Subspecies

*''Papilio pitmani pitmani'' *''Papilio duboisi'' Vitalis de Salvaza, 1921 (central Vietnam)

Taxonomy

''Papilio pitmani'' is a member of the ''fuscus'' species-group. The members of this

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are * '' Papilio albinus'' Wallace, 1865 * '' Papilio diophantus'' Grose-Smith, 1883 * '' Papilio fuscus'' Goeze, 1779 * '' Papilio hipponous'' C. & R. Felder, 1862 * '' Papilio jordani'' Fruhstorfer, 1906 * ''Papilio pitmani'' 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'' Hewitson, 1864

References

External links

The Global Butterfly Information System
Images of specimens deposited in the

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Includes images of ''Papilio pitmani'' subspecies ''leptopsephus'' Fruhstorfer, 1909 pitmani Butterflies of Indochina Insects of Myanmar Lepidoptera of Thailand Insects of Vietnam Butterflies described in 1887 Taxa named by Lionel de Nicéville {{Papilionidae-stub