Papilio nubilus

Papilio nubilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species: P. nubilus
Binomial name
Papilio nubilus
Staudinger, 1895

Papilio nubilus is a rare species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that can be found in Borneo.[1]

Previously listed as a distinct species ( D'Abrera 1982, Munroe 1961), but now regarded (by Collins & Morris 1985, Tsukada & Nishiyama 1982: 307) as an interspecific hybrid between Papilio nephelus and Papilio polytes.

Subspecies

Taxonomy

Papilio nubilus is a member of the helenus species-group. Other members of this clade are

References


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