Papilio sakontala explained

Papilio sakontala is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in India.^[1]

Taxonomy

The taxonomic rank of Papilio sakontala is uncertain. It is a member of the fuscus species-group. The members of this clade are

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

External links

• The Global Butterfly Information System Images of holotype deposited in the Natural History Museum, London. Taxonomic history.

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