''Papilio lorquinianus'', the sea green swallowtail, is a
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 ...
of 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 found in the Moluccas (Morotai, Ternate, Halmahera, Bacan and Seram) and in western Irian Jaya.
Subspecies
Subspecies
In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...
include:
*''Papilio lorquinianus albertisi''
(Oberthür, 1880) (Kapaur, Andai, West Irian)
*''Papilio lorquinianus esmeae''
(Parrott, 1985) (Morotai)
*''Papilio lorquinianus gelia''
(Jordan, 1909) (Bachan)
*''Papilio lorquinianus philippus''
(Wallace, 1865) (Serang)
*''Papilio lorquinianus boanoensis''
(Kariya, 1992) (Boano)
Etymology
The name honors
Pierre Joseph Michel Lorquin
Pierre Joseph Michel Lorquin (2 July 1797, Valenciennes – 8 February 1873, Paris) was a French entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera and Lepidoptera.
In 1847/48 he collected for Charles Oberthur and Jean Baptiste Boisduval in Andalusia and ...
, a French naturalist.
References
*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,
*
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Funet
lorquinianus
Butterflies of Asia
Butterflies of Borneo
Butterflies of Java
Butterflies described in 1865
Taxa named by Baron Cajetan von Felder
Taxa named by Rudolf Felder
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