Papilio schmeltzi
Appearance
Papilio schmeltzi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Papilionidae |
Genus: | Papilio |
Species: | P. schmeltzi
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Binomial name | |
Papilio schmeltzi Herrich-Schäffer, 1869
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Papilio schmeltzi is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is endemic to Fiji.[1] It was named to honour the German naturalist Johann Schmeltz. It is listed by the IUCN as near threatened.
References
[edit]- Hancock, D. L ., 1983. Princeps aegeus ( Donovan ) and its allies ( Lepidoptera: Papilionidae):
systematics, phylogeny and biogeography. Australian Journal of Zoology 31:771-797.
- Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.