Papilio jordani

Papilio jordani
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. jordani
Binomial name
Papilio jordani Fruhstorfer, 1902

Papilio jordani, the Jordan's swallowtail, is a vulnerable species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to northern Sulawesi in Indonesia.

Taxonomy[]

Papilio jordani is a member of the fuscus species group. The members of this clade are:

• Papilio albinus Wallace, 1865
• Papilio diophantus Grose-Smith, 1883
• Papilio fuscus Goeze, 1779
• Papilio hipponous C. & R. Felder, 1862
• Papilio jordani Fruhstorfer, 1906
• Papilio pitmani Elwes & de Nicéville, [1887]
• Papilio prexaspes C. & R. Felder, 1865
• Papilio sakontala Hewitson, 1864

Etymology[]

It was named to honour German entomologist Karl Jordan.

References[]

• M. Gimenez Dixon (1996). "Papilio jordani". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1996: e.T15994A5344756. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T15994A5344756.en. Retrieved 9 January 2018.

External links[]

• The Global Butterfly Information System Images of male syntype deposited in the Natural History Museum, London. Taxonomic history.

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