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[]

• Papilio nubilus nubilus (northern Borneo)
• Papilio nubilus musianus Rothschild, 1899 (Upper Palembang district)

Taxonomy[]

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

• Papilio helenus Linnaeus, 1758
• Papilio iswara White, 1842
• Papilio iswaroides Fruhstorfer, 1898
• Papilio nephelus Boisduval, 1836
• Papilio nubilus Staudinger, 1895
• Papilio sataspes C. & R. Felder, 1865

References[]

External links[]

• Global Butterfly Information System Images

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