Papilio mahadeva

Papilio mahadeva, the Burmese raven, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Thailand, Burma and Guangxi.

Burmese raven
Moore's figure in Proceedings of the Zoological Society - Papilio mahadeva is figure 1
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. mahadeva
Binomial name
Papilio mahadeva Moore, [1879]
Synonyms
Papilio mahadevus Papilio mahadeva maheswara Jordan, 1909 Papilio mehala Grose-Smith, 1886 Papilio selangoranus Fruhstorfer, 1901

Subspecies

• Papilio mahadeva mahadeva (Thailand)
• Papilio mahadeva mehala Grose-Smith, 1886 (Burma)
• Papilio mahadeva selangoranus Fruhstorfer, 1901 (northern Peninsular Malaya)
• Papilio mahadeva choui Li, 1994 (Guangxi)

Biology

Papilio mahadeva is a mimic of Euploea core. Recorded larval food plants are species of Glycosmis including Glycosmis pentaphylla and Glycosmis citrifolia.

Habitat

It lives in lowland dipterocarp forests and forest edges at up to 500 m.

Systematics

Papilio mahadeva is a member of the castor species group. The clade members are:

• Papilio castor Westwood, 1842
• Papilio dravidarum Wood-Mason, 1880
• Papilio mahadeva Moore, [1879]

External links

• Butterflycorner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien