Papilio lorquinianus

Papilio lorquinianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Tribe:	Papilionini
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. lorquinianus
Binomial name
	Papilio lorquinianus; C. & R. Felder, 1865
Synonyms
	Papilio philippus Wallace, 1865; Papilio d'albertisi Oberthür, 1879;

Papilio lorquinianus, the sea green swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in the Moluccas (Morotai, Ternate, Halmahera, Bacan and Seram) and in western Irian Jaya.

Subspecies[]

Subspecies include:

Papilio lorquinianus albertisi (Oberthür, 1880) (Kapaur, Andai, West Irian)
Papilio lorquinianus esmeae (Parrott, 1985) (Morotai)
Papilio lorquinianus gelia (Jordan, 1909) (Bachan)
Papilio lorquinianus philippus (Wallace, 1865) (Serang)
Papilio lorquinianus boanoensis (Kariya, 1992) (Boano)

Etymology[]

The name honors Pierre Joseph Michel Lorquin, a French naturalist.

References[]

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
Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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