''Papilio sataspes'' is a

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 ...

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 large ...

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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

Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ...

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Subspecies

*''Papilio sataspes sataspes'' (Sulawesi) *''Papilio sataspes artaphernes'' Honrath, 1886 (Bangkai Island)

Taxonomy

''Papilio sataspes'' is a member of the ''helenus'' species-group. The members of this

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Papilio helenus ''Papilio helenus'', the red Helen, is a large swallowtail butterfly found in forests of southern India and parts of southeast Asia. Range ''Papilio helenus'' is rarely found in Sri Lanka, southern and north-east India, Nepal, Bhutan, Banglad ...

'' Linnaeus, 1758 *'' Papilio iswara'' White, 1842 *'' Papilio iswaroides'' Fruhstorfer, 1898 *''

Papilio nephelus ''Papilio nephelus'' is a species of swallowtail butterfly belonging to the family Papilionidae. Subspecies include ''P. n. chaon'', the yellow Helen, and ''P. n. sunatus'', the black and white Helen. Description ''Papilio nephelus'' has a wi ...

'' Boisduval, 1836 *'' Papilio nubilus'' Staudinger, 1895 *''Papilio sataspes'' C. & R. Felder, 1865

Protection

Protected in Bantimurung – Bulusaraung National Park.

References

sataspes Butterflies described in 1865 Butterflies of Indonesia Taxa named by Baron Cajetan von Felder Taxa named by Rudolf Felder {{Papilionidae-stub