Papilio karna is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Java, Sumatra, Borneo and the Philippines.[1]
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| Papilio karna far right on upper row (dorsal surface) and far left on middle row (ventral surface); remaining are P. paris, P. buddha and P. palinurus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Papilio |
| Species: | P. karna
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| Papilio karna | |
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Subspecies
edit- Papilio karna karna (western Java: Mount Gede)
- Papilio karna discordia de Nicéville, [1893] (north-eastern Sumatra)
- Papilio karna carnatus Rothschild, 1895 (northern Borneo)
- Papilio karna irauana Jumalon, 1975 (Philippines: Palawan)
References
editOther sources
edit- 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 ISBN 9783931374624
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