Papilio euchenor

Papilio euchenor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Division:	Rhopalocera
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Tribe:	Papilionini
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. euchenor
Binomial name
Papilio euchenor Guérin-Ménéville, 1829
Synonyms
Papilio axion Boisduval, 1832 Papilio godarti Montrouzier, 1856 Papilio eutropius Janson, 1886

Papilio euchenor is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found at New Guinea and various surrounding islands.

Papilio euchenor sudestensis

The wingspan is 100–130 mm.

The larvae feed on Evodia and possibly also Citrus species.

Subspecies

• Papilio euchenor euchenor (West Irian to Papua, Waigeu, Dampier)
• Papilio euchenor godarti Montrouzier, 1856 (D'Entrecasteaux, Woodlark)
• Papilio euchenor eutropius Janson, 1886 (Jobi)
• Papilio euchenor obsolescens Rothschild, 1895 (Aru)
• Papilio euchenor depilis Rothschild, 1895 (New Britain, Duke of York Group)
• Papilio euchenor naucles Rothschild, 1908 (Kai Islands)
• Papilio euchenor misolensis Rothschild, 1908 (Misool Islands)
• Papilio euchenor comma Joicey & Noakes, 1915 (Biak)
• Papilio euchenor rosselanus Rothschild, 1908 (Rossel Islands)
• Papilio euchenor sudestensis Rothschild, 1908 (Sudest Island)
• Papilio euchenor misimanus Rothschild, 1898 (Misima Island)
• Papilio euchenor novohibernicus Rothschild, 1896 (New Ireland)
• Papilio euchenor neohannoveranus Rothschild, 1898 (New Hanover Island)
• Papilio euchenor subcoerulea Rothschild, 1915 (Dampier Island)

External links

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Wikispecies has information related to: Papilio euchenor

• 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. 
• Butterfly Corner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien