Papilio acheron

Papilio acheron is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to East Malaysia.

Papilio acheron
Papilio acheron male
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. acheron
Binomial name
Papilio acheron Grose-Smith, 1877

Seitz= P. acheron Gr.-Smith (= goetheanus Fruhst.) (27 a). Very similar to the preceding species [ Papilio forbesi ], the stripes of the forewing much weaker, the red basal spot on the underside of the hindwing larger, the light area in male and female yellow and very much smaller than in forbesi, in the female only very little larger than in the male; he upper surface of the hindwing in male and female without markings except for a row of large, shadowy discal patches consisting of scattered blue-grey scales, the marginal spots very thin. — North Borneo, in the hills (Kina Balu, Mt. Mulu, Mt. Dulit, etc.), the male common.^[1]