Achillides Explained

Achillides, the peacock swallowtails,^{[1] [2]} are a subgenus within the genus Papilio containing 25 species.

Species

• Papilio arcturus Westwood, 1842 – blue peacock
• Papilio bianor Cramer, [1777] – Chinese peacock
• Papilio blumei Boisduval, 1836 – green swallowtail
• Papilio buddha Westwood, 1872 – Malabar banded peacock
• Papilio chikae Igarashi, 1965 – Luzon peacock swallowtail
• Papilio crino Fabricius, 1793 – common banded peacock
• Papilio dialis Leech, 1893 – southern Chinese peacock
• Papilio doddsi Janet, 1896
• Papilio elephenor Doubleday, 1845 – yellow-crested spangle
• Papilio hermeli Nuyda, 1992
• Papilio hoppo Matsumura, 1908
• Papilio karna C. & R. Felder, 1864
• Papilio krishna Moore, 1857 – Krishna peacock
• Papilio longimacula Z.G. Wang & Y. Niu, 2002
• Papilio lorquinianus C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865 - sea green swallowtail
• Papilio maackii Ménétriés, 1859
• Papilio montrouzieri Boisduval, 1859
• Papilio neumoegeni Honrath, 1890
• Papilio palinurus Fabricius, 1787
• Papilio paris Linnaeus, 1758 – Paris peacock
• Papilio peranthus Fabricius, 1787
• Papilio pericles Wallace, 1865
• Papilio polyctor Boisduval, 1836 – common peacock
• Papilio syfanius Oberthür, 1886
• Papilio ulysses Linnaeus, 1758 - blue mountain butterfly

References

• , 2000: New species, new subspecies, and new record of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) from China (II). Entomotaxonomia 22(4): 266-274.
• , 1993: A new subspecies of Achillides form Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Futao 12: 17.
• , 1997: A new subspecies of Achillides from Yapen Is., Indonesia (Lepidoptera : Papilionidae). Futao 24: 25-27.
• , 1992: Zwei neue taxa der gattung Papilio Linnaeus, 1758 aus Indonesien. (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 102 (16): 289-304.
• , 2002: New species of butterflies (Lepidoptera) from China, II. Entomotaxonomia 2002 (4): 276-284.
• , 1998: Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the world Part I (1), Papilionidae Papilionidae I: Papilio, Subgenus Achillides, Bhutanitis, Teinopalpus. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach. Keltern : Goecke & Evers; Canterbury : Hillside Books for Papilio doddsi Janet, 1896

Notes and References

1. http://home.hkls.org/?page_id=737 Books on Butterflies
2. http://www.nhbs.com/achillides_butterflies_peacock_swallowtails_tefno_66134.html Achillides Butterflies (Peacock Swallowtails)