Papilio pitmani

Papilio pitmani, known as the banded mormon, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Burma, Thailand and Vietnam.

Description

Very similar to Papilio hipponous but forewing above without distinct band, at most with a small spot before the hindmargin.

Subspecies

• Papilio pitmani pitmani
• Papilio duboisi <small>Vitalis de Salvaza, 1921</small> (central Vietnam)

Taxonomy

Papilio pitmani is a member of the fuscus species-group. The members of this clade are

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

References

External links

• The Global Butterfly Information System Images of specimens deposited in the Natural History Museum, London Includes images of Papilio pitmani subspecies leptopsephus Fruhstorfer, 1909