Papilio mahadeva

Burmese raven
Moore's figure in Proceedings of the Zoological Society - Papilio mahadeva is figure 1
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. mahadeva
Binomial name
Papilio mahadeva Moore, [1879]
Synonyms
Papilio mahadevus Papilio mahadeva maheswara Jordan, 1909 Papilio mehala Grose-Smith, 1886 Papilio selangoranus Fruhstorfer, 1901

Papilio mahadeva, the Burmese raven, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Thailand, Burma and Guangxi.^[1]

Subspecies[]

• Papilio mahadeva mahadeva (Thailand)
• Papilio mahadeva mehala Grose-Smith, 1886 (Burma)
• Papilio mahadeva selangoranus Fruhstorfer, 1901 (northern Peninsular Malaya)
• Papilio mahadeva choui Li, 1994 (Guangxi)

Biology[]

Papilio mahadeva is a mimic of Euploea core. Recorded larval food plants are species of Glycosmis including Glycosmis pentaphylla and .

Habitat[]

It lives in lowland dipterocarp forests and forest edges at up to 500 m.

Systematics[]

Papilio mahadeva is a member of the castor species group. The clade members are:

• Papilio castor Westwood, 1842
• Papilio dravidarum Wood-Mason, 1880
• Papilio mahadeva Moore, [1879]

References[]

External links[]

• Butterflycorner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien

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