Achillides
subgenus of insects
Achillides, the peacock swallowtails, are a subgenus within the genus Papilio containing 29 species and over 100 subspecies distributed across the Indo-Australian Archipelago from East Russia, the Indian subcontinent and to Australia.
Species
Papilio arcturus Westwood, 1842 – blue peacock
Papilio arjuna Horsfield, 1828
Papilio bianor Cramer, [1777] – Chinese peacock
Papilio blumei Boisduval, 1836 – green swallowtail
Papilio buddha Westwood, 1872 – Malabar banded peacock
Papilio chikae Igarashi, 1965 – Luzon peacock swallowtail
Papilio crino Fabricius, 1793 – common banded peacock
Papilio daedalus C. Felder & R. Felder, 1861
Papilio dehaanii C. Felder & R. Felder, 1864
Papilio dialis Leech, 1893 – southern Chinese peacock
Papilio elephenor Doubleday, 1845 – yellow-crested spangle
Papilio hermeli Nuyda, 1992
Papilio hoppo Matsumura, 1908
Papilio karna C. & R. Felder, 1864
Papilio krishna Moore, 1857 – Krishna peacock
Papilio lorquinianus C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865 - sea green swallowtail
Papilio maackii Ménétriés, 1859
Papilio montrouzieri Boisduval, 1859
Papilio neumoegeni Honrath, 1890
Papilio orsippus Godman & Salvin, 1888
Papilio palinurus Fabricius, 1787
Papilio paris Linnaeus, 1758 – Paris peacock
Papilio peranthus Fabricius, 1787
Papilio pericles Wallace, 1865
Papilio polyctor Boisduval, 1836
Papilio ryukyuensis Fujioka, 1975
Papilio syfanius Oberthür, 1886
Papilio tamilana Moore, 1881
Papilio telegonus C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860
Papilio ulysses Linnaeus, 1758 - blue mountain butterfly
References
Chou, I.; F. Yuan & Y.-L. Wang, 2000: New species, new subspecies, and new record of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) from China (II). Entomotaxonomia 22(4): 266-274.
Shimogori, Y., 1993: A new subspecies of Achillides form Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Futao 12: 17.
Shimogori, Y., 1997: A new subspecies of Achillides from Yapen Is., Indonesia (Lepidoptera : Papilionidae). Futao 24: 25-27.
Späth, M., 1992: Zwei neue taxa der gattung Papilio Linnaeus, 1758 aus Indonesien. (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 102 (16): 289-304.
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