Papilio albinus is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in west Western New Guinea and Papua New Guinea. The species was first described by Alfred Russel Wallace in 1865.[1]

Papilio albinus
Figure 5 from the original description
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species:
P. albinus
Binomial name
Papilio albinus
Wallace, 1865
Synonyms
  • Papilio leucophanes Grose-Smith, 1894
  • Papilio lesches Godman & Salvin, 1880
  • Papilio bicolor Kirby, 1887
Papilio albinus yapenensis Goode 2012

Subspecies

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  • Papilio albinus albinus (West Irian)
  • Papilio albinus lesches Godman & Salvin, 1880 (New Guinea)
  • Papilio albinus yapenensis Goode 2012 (Yapen Island, New Guinea)
  • Papilio albinus yahukimo Goode, 2012 (Papua, Yayawijaya Mountains) [2]

Taxonomy

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Papilio albinus is a member of the fuscus species group. The members of this clade are

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku (March 20, 2019). "Papilio albinus Wallace, 1865". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  2. ^ Goode, M., 2012: Notes on Papilio albinus Wallace, 1865 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) from Papua, Indonesia including descriptions of new subspecies. Sugapa (Suara Serangga Papua) 7 (2): 37–59.
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