Papilio pitmani

Papilio pitmani is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Burma, Thailand and Vietnam.^[1]

Papilio pitmani
Original figure in Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (fig.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. pitmani
Binomial name
Papilio pitmani Elwes & de Nicéville, [1887]
Synonyms
Papilio hipponous siamensis Godfrey, 1916

Description

Very similar to Papilio hipponous but forewing above without distinct band, at most with a small spot before the hindmargin. ^[2]

Subspecies

• Papilio pitmani pitmani
• Papilio duboisi Vitalis de Salvaza, 1921 (central Vietnam)

Taxonomy

Papilio pitmani 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