Papilio pitmani


Papilio pitmani, known as the banded mormon, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Burma, Thailand and Vietnam.

Description

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

Subspecies

Taxonomy

Papilio pitmani is a member of the fuscus species-group. The members of this clade arePapilio albinus Wallace, 1865Papilio diophantus Grose-Smith, 1883Papilio fuscus Goeze, 1779Papilio hipponous C. & R. Felder, 1862Papilio jordani Fruhstorfer, 1906Papilio pitmani Elwes & de Nicéville, Papilio prexaspes C. & R. Felder, 1865Papilio sakontala Hewitson, 1864