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Papilio karna

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Papilio karna
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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species:
P. karna
Binomial name
Papilio karna
C. & R. Felder, 1864
Synonyms
  • Papilio discordia de Nicéville, [1893]

Papilio karna is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Java, Sumatra, Borneo and the Philippines.[1]

Subspecies

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  • 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

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Other sources

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  • 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