Papilio syfanius is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in China.[1] where it is endemic.

Papilio syfanius
Papilio syfanius in Leech Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea (figure 5)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species:
P. syfanius
Binomial name
Papilio syfanius
Oberthür, 1886

Subspecies edit

  • Papilio syfanius syfanius (northern Yunnan)
  • Papilio syfanius albosyfanius Shimogori & Fujioka, 1997 (northern Yunnan)
  • Papilio syfanius kongaensis (Yoshino, 1997) (Sichuan)

References edit

  1. ^ "Papilio". www.nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2023-11-15.

Other reading 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