Papilio pitmani
Species of butterfly
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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.[1]
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| Original figure in Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (fig.1) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Papilio |
| Species: | P. pitmani |
| Binomial name | |
| Papilio pitmani Elwes & de Nicéville, [1887] | |
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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
