Papilio karna explained

Papilio karna is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Java, Sumatra, Borneo and the Philippines.^[1]

Subspecies

• Papilio karna karna (western Java: Mount Gede)
• Papilio karna discordia de Nicéville, [1893] (north-eastern Sumatra)
• Papilio karna carnatus Rothschild, 1895 (northern Borneo)
• Papilio karna irauana Jumalon, 1975 (Philippines: Palawan)

Other sources

• Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach, 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

Notes and References

1. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/papilionidae/papilioninae/papilio/index.html Papilio at Funet