Pachliopta polyphontes

Pachliopta polyphontes is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae that is found in Sulawesi and on the Moluccas.

Pachliopta polyphontes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Papilionidae
Genus:
Pachliopta
Species:
P. polyphontes
Binomial name
Pachliopta polyphontes
Synonyms
  • Papilio polyphontes Boisduval, 1836
  • Papilio polyphontes Rothschild, 1895
  • Pachlioptera polyphontes
  • Atrophaneura polyphontes (Boisduval, 1836)[1]

Subspecies
  • Pachliopta polyphontes polyphontes (Sulawesi, Talaud)
  • Pachliopta polyphontes rosea (Oberthür, 1879) (Selajar Islands)
  • Pachliopta polyphontes aipytos Fruhstorfer (Sula Islands)
  • Pachliopta polyphontes sejanus Fruhstorfer (Bachan, Halmahera, Ternate, Morotai)

References
  1. Atrophaneura at Funet


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